Would you love me
If I weren’t smart?
Of course I would dear,
With all of my heart.

Would you love me
If I had three eyes?
Of course I would dear
No matter their size.

Would you love me
If I were bigger or taller?
Or rounder, lopsided
Or a thousand times smaller?
Would you love me
If I were transgender or gay?

Child, I will always love you –
That is all I can say.


“Love is not love that alters when it alteration finds”
W. Shakespeare