Signe Robertson

Will I Ever Be Enough?

Will I Ever Be Enough?, poem by Signe Robertson, 2009




If you met another girl
One from your neighborhood
Would you give me up
Or am I really enough?

Am I what you use
Until you find what you need?
What you throw out
When you find what you'll keep?

If I made love to you
Throughout the night
Could I please you enough?
Will you ever be satisfied?

Am I pretty enough?
For a goddess like you
If I was ugly
Would you leave me?

I have nothing to give you!
Nothing besides love
Can that be enough?
Or do you need more?

If I tell you I love you
You beautiful girl
Would you rather hear the words
From someone else but me?

If I couldn't offer money
Or sex or food or shelter
Would you still every night
Lay down by my side?

And would you still tell me
That you are only mine
And belong to no one else
But me?

Is this distance enough
To break up me and you?
Is any distance that far?
I hope the answer's "No!"

When you go to bed at night
Who do you think about?
Whose hands do you imagine
All over your perfect skin?

And whose name do you whisper
Silently in the night?
I'll never be perfect
But will I ever be enough?