If You Would You Poem by Tierra Bradley

Would you let me burn?
Would you let me hurt?
Would you help me
When I'm in the dirt?
If you found out something about me
If my past caught up with me
Would you be mad?
Would you love me?
Or would you be sad?
If you found out
I wasn't who I said I was
Would you still trust me?
If you found out my dreams
Weren't always about you
Would you still want me?
If you knew my deepest secret
Would you tell?
If you took a walk
Through my past
Would you think I was crazy?
If you knew about my childhood
Would you be sad for me?
If you knew the pain and hurt
I've been through
Would you rock me to sleep at night?
If you knew about
The things that have
Been done to me
Would you become over-protective of me?
If you only knew
What my story was
What my past was
What hurt and pain I've been through
What people have done to me
Why I cry at night
Would you care?
If you only knew what would you do?

Tierra Bradley