Knowing

I had a burden that I carry
To know that a friend is in love with me
It is flattering, I admit
But it makes me quite uneasy

Knowing that he cares
Knowing that he worries
Knowing that he loves
And I can't do the same way

I don't love anyone
And I can't love him
Not for any other reason
Except that his just a friend

Others say I should just give it a shot
Because to be love by someone is rare
But that wouldn't be fair, right?
For I couldn't love him the way he deserves

I told him about this
How I cannot reciprocate his feelings
He told me just to let him continue
For his heart could not be stopped

Now, I feel like a bad person
For not loving such a selfless man
His love makes me guilty
For letting him suffer so much

So I had decided to end our friendship
Because his love is a poison already
I don't want to love him out of guilty and pity
For he deserves so much more than this.