Bad Guy

I am the bad guy

Because I left,

Because I said what I meant,

Because I picked up

The book and flipped

All the way to the end.

I am the bad guy

Because I wanted

The chance to be loved back,

Because I wanted

To leave what's safe

Just to have what he always had.

I am the bad guy,

My sadness is karma

For causing him minimal pain,

But since his was more

Recent, it must be

Worse than my years worth of aches.

I am the bad guy,

Let it be known,

Friends and family alike,

To be in the wrong

Just means you're the one

Who made the last cut with the knife.

He is the good guy,

All that he did

Was not a thing that he should,

And I am the bad guy

Because I chose me

Over choosing his stamp of "good"