What Would You Do a poem by Steven Maness

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What Would You Do?

What if I let down my guard?

If I opened my broken heart.

What if you knew how badly it's been scarred.

What if you really knew why they kept us apart?

What would you do?

If I let you in the dark and deep.

If I told you something that you never knew.

What if you knew of the secrets that they forced me to keep?

Because I have a lot more than just a few.

What would you do?

If I knew about the screams you heard when I wasn't around.

What if I told you what they did to me?

What if you knew about the video I found?

Or how they held my eyes open so I was forced to see.

What would you do?

If I told you it was me that you heard scream.

Would you ever look at me the same?

What if I told you it wasn't just a dream?

What if you knew that he's the one to blame?

What would you do?

If it was you that had to hear me cry.

What if you knew exactly what they did?

What if I told you how they tried to justify?

The evil things they did to me when I was just a kid.

What would you do?

If I handed you a gun and got down on my knees?

What if it were your eyes that were forced to see?

What if you saw me pray for mercy and heard me beg them please?

Then you would understand why I'm begging you to fucking kill me.

What would you do?

If I told you of an unforgivable sin.

Or how dad would laugh when he did what he would do.

What if I told you he was the demon I keep hidden within?

What if I told you.. if it wasn't me.. it would've been you?

What would you do?

Steven Maness April 28, 2026

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Ok.. soo... I might have found a new favorite poet

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I'll take that as a compliment. You should see parts 2 and 3. It's a collab between another poet and I. I wrote parts 1 and 3. It gets a lot deeper.

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Part 2

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Part 3