Poem: Don't Take It Personally

Ah, but how else to take it? Coming apart has as many facets as a diamond.

Don't Take It Personally This isn’t about you, so don’t take it personally It’s about me and I have no other way to take it Coming apart is never easy But there’s an obligation to loving, even though I told you otherwise How many times? Times enough I’m sure, but I hadn’t thought it through Nothing lately but time to think Time to walk and have those experimental conversations, trying everything on for size, to see what fits Looking bullshit in the face Mine, not yours, so don’t take it personally Turning over obligation like a shiny stone I think that one who loves another has a single obligation A simple one, as most things are simple Not to cause too much pain The rest all settles out from that So leaving you comes down to this The price of loving you is too much pain and I’m dead-flat broke The cost of loving me was never very high, but your pockets were empty too

This poem is included in Jim Freeman's poetry collection CORNER OF MY MIND available here in print or as an e-Book in your favorite formats.