“if You Do Not Love Me“ Poem by Meshack Dasco

If you do not love me,
I say,
If you chose to love me not,
Just dare to remain idle
Just chose to be cold like ice.

If you do not want to love me,
I repeat,
If you decided to put love to sleep,
Never mind to be a man,
Never mind to be free as wind.

If you really care to love me,
I say,
If you really care for freedom,
Let your joints and tendons be strong,
Let your fingers find freedom for fate.

If you dare to know my love,
I plead,
If you dare to know my desire,
Live like a lover without an anchor,
Live to make my head swell-up like a tide.