Necessary Subterfuge
by Robert James Russell
I'm very worried that
you'll find some reason to leave me
so I tend to act overly assertive
and dominant
due to my insecurities
but I hope you understand that
this is for your own good
and soon you'll know
how much I love you
Wonderfully weirdly creepy. I keep reading it, and think, stalker in the making? Abuser in the making?
I'm not entirely sure where this poem came from, but I had the idea for the opening few lines and went with it. I think what I like about it this the most is the ambiguity.
Definitely ambiguous, Robert, with a touch of menace in the sweet lines!