leave her alone

4 july 1995

she told me to leave her alone
and so i will
but here are a few things
i would like to say to her

how dare you act as if
i imagined your love for me
so many times you have treated me
as i have never seen you treat
any other student
if you wanted me to be
only a student
then you should have
treated me that way
and not as a colleague
especially after all my
declarations of my love

how dare you act as if
my love for you is an insult
it seems you should welcome
all the love you can get
especially as so many people
hate you over there
actually you did welcome my love
as long as you didn't have to
give as much back
as long as i did not expect
that i deserved as much back

how dare you say that you do not love me?
perhaps you cannot
perhaps you will not
but do not say you do not