by Ruth Cheeseman

Created on: September 18, 2009

LOVE?

If I asked for a hug
Would you give me a shrug
And quietly vacate the room?

If I asked for some love
Would you give me a shove
And turn my whole day into gloom?

If I asked for some talk
Would you just sit and balk
Because you just can't spare the time?

If I asked for some praise
Would your eyebrows just raise
Because I would dare cross the line?

I have asked for these things once again
I have begged for emotional ties
While you follow the course of most men
The result is my heart slowly dies.

You asked me one day for a hug
I quietly vacated the room
You asked for some love and I gave you a shove
Do I sense that you're now filled with gloom?

You said that you just want to talk
You said you just needed some praise
I now have no time
Since you dared cross the line
Your kind of abuse really pays.

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