Would you hurt me?
If I asked you,
Would you tear my heart to shreds?

Would you love me?
Then leave me empty,
And broken in my bed?

Would you lie to me?
But prettily,
So the pain would turn to beauty in my head?

Would you hurt me?
If I loved you,
Tear up my heart, even if it was yours?

Would you love me?
And leave me broken,
On some lonely distant shore?

You lie to me,
But prettily,
What else could a poet ask for?