Don’t give me
mere talks
or only if you can accompany me
in my morning and evening walks.
If you can’t face who am I—
unfiltered and real,
if you can’t support me
and handle all my fears,
if my intensity to feel
and my thoughts terrify you,
don’t come to me.
If you don’t have the intent to
stay by me through
all my difficulties,
don’t come to me.
Let me be on my own.
I can live my life alone—
satisfied and happily—
with no unwanted sympathies.
Come to me
if what you feel is real,
if you too, feel terrified,
by the various synchronicities,
if you too have the patience to be
with me like this forever,
if you can see me grow for better
and not feel any jealousy
or the sense of insecurity,
If you can make me laugh
but also give me a home to cry,
if you can forgive and learn
the lessons the life gives
and persist to try
to break all the boundaries
that I have made for my safety.
If you can’t fight over
your male ego and accept
your errors.
If we can’t discuss a percept
and its various perceptions and possibilities,
if we can’t reciprocate comfort
to one another,
if you don’t believe
that we can make this world better,
if you don’t believe
in turning fantasies into reality,
don’t come to me.