Please
do not do this.
Do not break my heart
for that would most certainly kill me
and I do not wish to die.
Do not do this
for I fear the repercussions.
If you crush me
and tuis kill me
I will have little choice
but to haunt you
for my life will have been uncompleted
in the dying
in so tragically romantic a way.

I would follow you
on silent footsteps
and
while you wanted to see less of me
there would be so much more to find
hidden hints of me
in the haunting.

You would know me from the echoes.
You would feel my static shock.
You would find Jesus images everywhere
– but they’d be less Jesus than Jonny.
If you leave me
I will follow
forever.

I am not threatening.
Rather
I am begging you
not to do this.
This state I describe
is the last thing I seek
and I hope you understand
I want to inconvenience you
not at all
but want you to leave me
even less.
I don’t want to haunt your dreams
– I know what you dream about!

So
please
I beg
stay with me
today and ever after
for our own good.