Why keep our love a secret <br />Burying me deep inside? <br />Why withhold your affections <br />At the same time wounding my pride? <br /> <br />Why make me chase you around <br />Making a stalker of me? <br />Why not love me openly <br />So that everyone can see? <br /> <br />Why must I ask for kisses? <br />Why must I beg for love? <br />Why am I made to guess <br />The things you're thinking of? <br /> <br />Why don't I know your heart <br />Or if I'm held in there? <br />Why do you act as if <br />My love's a cross to bear? <br /> <br />Why do you say you love me <br />If it really isn't so? <br />And why, if you don't love me <br />Won't I turn around and go?<br /><br />The Poet Darkling<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/why-1110/
