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If You Like Me
Karyn Indursky

If you like me,
don't walk away.

If you like me,
talk to/with me.

If you like me,
don't avoid/ignore me.

If you like me,
be honest.

If you like me,
don't get offended by my jokes.

If you like me,
trust me.

If you like me,
help me.

If you like me,
don't be a brute; be a gentleman.

If you like me,
show me.

If you like me,
don't embarrass me.

If you like me,
listen to me.

If you like me,
don't undermine me.

If you like me,
be understanding, patient, forgiving.

If you like me,
don't be grough and abrasive.

If you like me,
be old fashioned, but modern.

If you like me,
don't be offended by my poetry.

If you like me,
act and talk like me.

If you like me,
don't be intimated.

If you like me,
be relatively discreet.

If you like me,
don't be judgmental.

If you like me,
accept and acknowledge my problems.

If you like me,
help me find solutions.

If you like me,
don't be jealous.

If you like me,
see things from my perceptive.

If you like me,
don't be overly aggressive.

If you like me,
be affectionate.

If you like me,
don't make me cry; offer an ear and shoulder.

If you like me,
defend me.

If you like me,
don't complain about me.

If you like me,
communicate.