by Pamela Nollen

Created on: September 08, 2008

If I Were to Tell You

If I were to tell you I wanted you to be happy,
As long as you leave me alone to live the way I choose,
Would you believe that your happiness was really important to me?

If I were to tell you that I upheld your decisions,
And then continually criticized you for those decisions,
Would you feel my support?

If I were to tell you that I loved and adored you,
Then spent my free time in a bar with my friends,
Would you feel loved and adored?

If I were to tell you I wanted children, a second chance to have a family,
Then left you with the mundane tasks of raising them,
Would you appreciate my wants?

If I were to tell you its rude to touch a person,
And then pawed and petted every waiter I knew,
Would you respect my sense of propriety?

If I were to tell you that we are a team,
But everything we have is mine and you can leave any time,
Would you feel my allegiance?

If I were to tell you good-bye,
Would you wonder why I was leaving?

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