When You Carry Love in Your Heart, the One Who Becomes Happy in the End Is "Me"

I do not know his name, nor where he lives.

I was not even welcomed.

And yet,

I am living within “his” world.


To be precise,

it is “him” as an illusion

that I myself have drawn.

There may be quite a deep chasm between him

and the person he is in reality.


Even so,

wishing for someone's happiness 

and well-being 

puts me genuinely at ease.


Instead of erupting in anger

or hurling curses,

even toward someone

who did not leave me with good feelings,

to wish that they may live in peace.


There must have been

their own reasons for their actions.

Whatever those reasons may have been,

I hope they are living the present

with a peaceful mind.


However,

just because I wish for their peace

does not mean

I want to keep them by my side.

That is an entirely different matter.


Because I refuse to let my world

be stained

by their negative way of thinking.


I have always

walked away from people

just like that.


“I refuse to be stained

by the way they live.”


The longer the time spent together,

no matter how tightly I hold onto a good heart,

what seeps in

like a plague

are negative thoughts and words.


To protect my heart,

I must firmly

distance myself

from such people.


Even if I live

keeping my distance from them,

my heart can still hope

that they may one day break free

from those dark thoughts and words.


Because that

is the path

that keeps my heart

warm

and safe.