If I Love You

If I love you, that means you give me hope.

If I love you, good deeds are bribery.

If I love you, I’ll sulk when I don’t mope.

If I love you, then you need therapy.

If I love you, my flaws can’t live without you.

If I love you, then your heart has a sentry.

Love is the novel that I write about you

So I can swear that it’s a documentary.

I’ll tell you you’re the sun to my cold earth,

I’ll make you fill a cup that has no bottom,

I’ll give your moods control over my worth,

I’ll kill your spring with my dead leaves of autumn,

And hate you for what you don’t do or say.

So if you love me, please—please—run away.

Copyright 2017 Matthew J Wells