Love Me Not This Much Poem by Bashyam Narayanan

Love me not this much
I wonder more often than not
What is so worth in me
To have won your love
I am unable to define yet
The love I have for you
And think a number of times
Before coming out to say
I love you
You too do not say that
But you demonstrate your love
So wonderfully that I find it difficult
To accommodate it adequately well
Sometimes I am forced to feel
That your love for me
Hampers my emotional growth
Not enjoying a freedom to decide
Without making it sure that
The decision will not harm your interests
My innovative efforts
Find a barrier in the form of your demonstrated love
Here again I feel
Whether at all I match you
In expressing, leave alone, demonstrating
The love I have for you
I, for sure, long for your love
But cautiously enough that
My love for you comes not my way
In my freedom for other passions
Bear with me please
For my lowered dose of love
As I feel this will go a long way
In ensuring our mutual freelance,
Our collective spiritual growth and
Individual independence
Enjoy your freedom and
Allow me to enjoy mine
And so
Love me not this much