IF YOU CANNOT LOVE

Author: Marta Antonia Torres

If you cannot love me
with all of your heart,
don't bother to pretend.
tell me from the start.

And if you cannot see me
for what I am inside,
don't bother to look.
it's the lies that I can't hide.

And if you cannot touch me
without feeling someone else,
don't come near me at all.
just keep your hands to yourself.

Because if you love only part of me,
all you're loving is a lie.
you're loving the outside of the mirror,
not what I am inside.