Wondering

By John Herlihy

Would you miss me more,

If I were gone?

Would you desire me more,

If I didn’t belong?

Would you give me up,

If I made a mistake?

Would you hold on to me,

If I were ready to break?

Would you laugh at me,

If I seemed crazy?

Would you scold me,

If I were lazy?

Would you hate me a while,

If I lied to you in guile?

Would you turn the other cheek,

If I were aggressive, not meek.

Would you hate me with scorn,

If I seemed like a thorn.

Would you love me forever,

If I said never?

Would you stay with me,

If I asked to be free?

Wondering has a way

Of saying yea or nay.

We may like or dislike

The answer it may say