Sacrificial

By Peehu Jaiswal

Love doesn’t has to be sacrificial

But that’s how it’s often conveyed 

I give you something of mine 

So your heart knows it’s weight 

But it isn’t how it should be 

You don’t have to prove me your heart’s worth

Leaving you with a lesser portion doesn’t content my thirst 

And you so casually do it

You don’t even see a fault 

You go ahead and offer me half of your orange by default 

Even though I’m not hungry and I’m capable of getting one on my own 

You go ahead offer me leaving your hunger atone

But wouldn’t it be better if I get an orange too

And then we could break even 

With enough of it for us to go through 

You don’t have too sign away your pieces to me 

Or pledge your alliance with expense of your heart 

I don’t love you for what you can give me 

I simply love you because of who you are

By Peehu Jaiswal