What bothers you and why?
You say, ‘What‘s the matter?’
I say, ‘What d’you mean?’
‘Then why do you look like that?’
I shrug. I’m just fine.
Why must you bother me?
Leave me alone.
It was perfect, OK
Till you came along.
Now I am questioning
What could be wrong?
What’s on my mind
Could be troubling me?
I’ve plenty of worries
If I bring them to mind
But if you left me alone
I’d be perfectly fine.
You ask if I’ve seen
The look on my face
I can’t help my looks
It’s the face I was given.
You ask what is bothering me
Sadly it’s you
Leave me alone
And I’ll just muddle through.
I don’t want intrusion
Into my thoughts
You make me confront them
And then things get fraught.
Andrew Green's Poems 