Love Poem: They Ask Me
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Written by: Maryellen Gozzo

They Ask Me

They ask me if I’m “fine”
And I say I don’t know what that means
They ask me if I “forgive them”
And I say I don’t know what that means 
They ask me if I know what “love” is 
And I say I don’t know what that means 
I honestly don’t think they do either. 
They seem more clueless than I do. 
At least I can walk these streets knowing who I am 
And that no one can take that away from me
But they don’t know that 
So they lose their identities 
I am fine, I don’t forgive them, and I do know what love is
But their questions are so broad I can’t answer them 
Love is something they’ll never truly know 
A blessing from God that they won’t be blessed with 
They don’t deserve to be anyway 
But then they ask me what love is 
But darling I haven’t got a clue
And neither have you.