Should I Leave Or Stay Poem by JAMES T. ADAIR

Love is a very strong word
so strong it scares some away
to some its real and true
to others its just play

Some use it to get what they want
some use it to express the emotion they feel
but to me this day
love won't let me be, and is so real

How about if I put it like this
love was for me imagined bliss
a little bit of that and a little bit of this
sealed with a hug and a kiss

But its different now it feels I've dreamed about it ever
and now its life and death and forever
because I know my heart is finally irrpairably broken
if my love's heart stands on the sidelines unspoken

The other day I felt so happy when I felt her on my side
though she alluded to love and asks me to believe
but all of my trust has long ago been broken
by all the others who of love had to me spoken

And today I feel so unexpectedly broken and blue
all alone inside my world
and no longer knowing what to say or do
I only know my broken heart is for you

And I cry on my knit sweater blue
wishing and hoping you feel the same way too
like turkey without gravy
now that I've found you, I'm lost without you

I wish you were somehow stuck with me
and I was stuck with you
I know we'd find happiness
and find love in me and you

So are you going to go my way
I wish you would decide and say
because I'm hurting inside
not knowing if I should leave or stay

© James T. Adair