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Trixie Wrights Nigeria
Student @ Yaba College of Technology
Lagos, Nigeria
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Love Me Back or Else!
<p>Love Me Back or Else!</p><p><br/></p><p>I love you—</p><p>not just today,</p><p>but every day.</p><p><br/></p><p>I've loved you since that day in May,</p><p>the day you came to stay</p><p>and told me it was okay.</p><p><br/></p><p>Okay to put my heart out there</p><p>without fear.</p><p><br/></p><p>We're no longer at the border.</p><p><br/></p><p>I told you not to bother.</p><p>Said I didn't need you any longer.</p><p><br/></p><p>Truth is,</p><p>the more I try to stay away,</p><p>the more my heart frays.</p><p><br/></p><p>That Saturday,</p><p>heart pounding,</p><p>I thought,</p><p><br/></p><p>Come what may,</p><p>I'll tell you exactly what I need to say.</p><p><br/></p><p>To my dismay,</p><p>the words came out harsher</p><p>than I meant to say.</p><p><br/></p><p>And now,</p><p>in the quiet of my heart,</p><p>I'm begging you to stay.</p><p><br/></p><p>My heart races</p><p>as I consider cases—</p><p>cases of broken vases</p><p>on the basis of my hypothesis.</p><p><br/></p><p>Confusing?</p><p>Yes, I know.</p><p><br/></p><p>Dramatic?</p><p>I know.</p><p><br/></p><p>I just want the words to flow.</p><p><br/></p><p>I still have time to grow.</p><p><br/></p><p>We're still young,</p><p>I want you to know.</p><p><br/></p><p>Still,</p><p>I beseech you, love,</p><p>let the world know</p><p>how much you love me so.</p><p><br/></p><p>I don't want your sympathy.</p><p>Don't read this with pity.</p><p><br/></p><p>You asked,</p><p>"Do you love me?"</p><p><br/></p><p>I said,</p><p>"Maybe."</p><p><br/></p><p>Truth is,</p><p>I can't wait for us to be—</p><p><br/></p><p>Be something</p><p>the world can see.</p><p><br/></p><p>Ayanfẹ mi,</p><p>can't you see?</p><p><br/></p><p>My heart yearns for you,</p><p>yearns for your arms around me,</p><p>for you to hold me close.</p><p><br/></p><p>You still haven't figured it out?</p><p><br/></p><p>Here's what I'm about.</p><p><br/></p><p>I'm not doing this for clout.</p><p><br/></p><p>Please don't shout.</p><p><br/></p><p>All I want</p><p>is for you to love me back,</p><p><br/></p><p>Until your love fills the crack—</p><p><br/></p><p>The crack in my heart,</p><p><br/></p><p>Or something like that.</p><p><br/></p><p>I no longer wonder what we are.</p><p><br/></p><p>Now I'm sure of what we can be.</p><p><br/></p><p>Not an empire—</p><p><br/></p><p>A dynasty.</p><p><br/></p><p>So, love,</p><p><br/></p><p>Love me back.</p><p><br/></p><p>Please.</p>

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