The Optimist Poem by Myrtle Glo Oliquino

Love me or leave me I know I'll live
The ache and pain I'm sure I'd outlive
Tease me and please me, then break my heart
Im stronger now for I have played this part.

Confuse me, blind me, I'd still smile in the end
A broken heart I've had I know will always mend
Use me then deny me if you please
Surely I, you'll one day miss.

Crush me and touch me tender like you do
If you go, I might still think of you
But no way shall I forever be blue
For at least I've loved and I'll find somebody too.

Hurt me then nestle me and abandon me if you must
I'd still make sure your time with me's a blast
One day sure I'd still outshine all these darker days
When someday I'd find my own special place.