By Em Hatemore
Date: 2011 Oct 14
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The most simple requests

One would assume that sacrifice
is part of any relationship.

Everyone must work for what they want.
Nothing in love is handed to you
in a pretty box with a festive bow.

Why is it, I ask,
that the most simple of requests
can never be fulfilled?

Adults need jobs.
Parents must parent.
Bills must be paid.

If you cannot support yourself
how can I love you?

I have found
the most simple requests
have been ignored.

You do not love yourself
so you cannot love me.