by Laura King
To ask you to do your chores.
Who needs self-respect from working hard,
When you can have a sense of entitlement instead?
Sorry, I don’t love you enough
To tell you that you can’t have everything that you want.
I’ll make myself feel less guilty by giving in,
And set you up for financial difficulties later on.
Sorry, I don’t love you enough
To teach you not to be selfish.
When your relationships fail,
You’ll find out that it’s not all about you.
Sorry, I don’t love you enough
To give you the love and affection that you crave.
Instead you can go from relationship to relationship
Without ever finding what you’re looking for.
Sorry, I don’t love you enough
To insist that you treat me with respect.
When you can’t figure out why you keep losing jobs,
You’ll learn the importance of respecting those in authority.
Sorry, I don’t love you enough
To punish you for your bad behavior.
I’ll let the police give you the consequences
That I was too lazy to dispense.
Sorry, I don’t love you enough
To show you what a good relationship with God is like.
A strong sense of morality is overrated.
Who wants to feel guilty about their lives anyway
You may love me now, but
You won’t even like me later.
Instead of what is best for you,
I’ll do what is easier for me at the time.
I won’t think about the fact that I’m making
A miserable life for both of us in the end.
All because… I don’t love you enough.
Copyright 2009 Laura King. Used with permission.
Poignant!
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