This too well
do I know:
the world
doesn't need me
not at all

but
I'm within it
away I can't go-

with my weaknesses
my failings
my foibles
even such so
my path
therein I'll set
my will
I'll follow

my right
my intrinsic self
the world
can never overthrow!

If,
you cannot stave the storm.
Be the storm.

I've not abandoned
myself--oh no!
I'm not lost at all
of this I surely know

Don't polish
your mirror
it sees you clearly-
without error

don't go out
to buy another
it's the same you
you can't court its favour

Do not love me
too much
I might be unable
to reciprocate such

thus, I'd rather
that you love
only if I deserve-
that would be enough