Altruism

It’s not my place to occupy your heart.

No matter how it hurts

to be outside, to be apart.

Your young and tender years are just

too delicate to spoil with tears.

So much to live, to feel, to see.

Far be it for I to, selfishly,

tempt you to waste your thoughts on me.

And so, from my headstart,

I’ll stand aside, advise, impart.

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