If I gave you flowers
Would you watch them grow and bloom,
Would you love them, nurture them
Or would you see them wither and die,
Sit back and applaud their final gasp for life.

If I gave you money
Would you save it, keep it for a rainy day,
Would you spend it wisely?
Or would you squander your last penny,
Then weep for the folly of a thousand fools.

If I gave you hope
Would you champion that hope,
Would you rise and greet it head-on
Or would you turn it away,
Happy to languish in convenient pessimism.

If I gave you my heart
Would you crush it with your passion,
Would you drink from its river of benevolence?
Or would you stab it, tear it, break it,
Would you tell me then that you love me?

©Lordspudz