Respect, Respect Me

Respect, respect me, I say In every single way Respect me day by day Don’t put me down When we are out and about with people around Playing me like a fool Portraying me as one who never went to school Respect me sweet heart Till life sets us apart Respect my needs Listen and take heed Respect to me is what means love And not those commonly spoken words, ‘I love you’ To respect me is to publicly and privately honour me To respect me is to listen attentively while I speak To respect me is to bread and butter my desire to be free To respect me is to stand by me when I am weak Look up! Look up to me! I may not be perfect Nor a genius of an intellect Respect, respect me & our love will stand erect! Copyright 2006 - Sylvia Chidi