Don'T Beg Me To Stay

DON'T BEG ME TO STAY Tribute to John Donne My dearest heart, I do not go Because I’m tired of you Or think that other worlds will show A heart more kind or true Pretend I’ve died, just tell your heart I’m dead forever gone And with a kiss you let me go--for now I'm moving on. Yesterday the sun was here And now it’s back again But feels no passion or no fear And has no sense of pain Please don’t grab on to me so tight Release me on my way Don’t get it in your mind to fight Don’t let my future sway For when you sigh, and look at me With eyes full of despair My eager plans are shred in two My goddam life’s not fair You say you love me, it’s a lie For if such thing was true You would not calmly watch me die I hate my job—you knew Please in the deep seed of your soul Know , sweet one, I love you Your hatred would be death to me And make your curse come true When the door has finally closed And I’ve gone down the stairs When you’re quiet and composed Chase away your fears. You see, I know life’s truest bond Will navigate the sea In dreams such passion as we’ve found Will still thrill me and thee. If destiny has blundered fair Our path will surely meet And when you see my red flash hair You’ll swoop me off my feet.