Unrequited, is Un-required.

[What do you do if you like the girlfriend of a guy you dislike? You feel jealous of him, you lament over your luck, and you think she certainly deserves better, right? Wrong! It is you who deserves someone better than her. Here’s why..]

Pray tell me what it is,
In him, that you see?
What quality does he have,
That you will not find in me?

What should I do,
So you would put me above him?
For I’m still confused
As to why you love him:

Is it because he is sickly fair,
And I’m not?
For others, he is without a care,
And I’m not?
Is it because he lavishly spends,
And I don’t?
He hesitates, a helping hand to lend,
And I don’t?
Is it because he fails in studies,
And I don’t?
Or because he gets drunk in parties,
And I don’t?
Or is it because he smokes,
And I don’t?
He cracks filthy jokes,
And I don’t?

Is it because he is rude to elders,
And I’m not?
To working hard, he is averse,
And I’m not?
Too highly, of himself, he thinks,
And I don’t?
In everyone’s character, finds kinks,
And I don’t?
Is it because, the truth, he twists,
And I don’t?
For trivial matters, gets down to fists,
And I don’t?
He keeps bad company,
And I don’t?
Is it because he has vices so many,
And I don’t?

I’m still confused,
As to why you love him;
Why you succumb,
To his every whim?

When I slowly begin
To realize:
You like the qualities
That most despise.

And now- after having
Your preference understood,
I no longer feel sad,
But in fact, feel good

That you are with him,
Rather than with me;
For I do not have those vices;
With me, you would be unhappy.
So I just sit back,
And let things be.