What right have I?   You are not mine   Nor will you ever be   I need not try   To read your sign   You don’t belong to me   I should not care   How you behave   What difference does it make?   Perhaps someday   You will grow brave   And from this sleep awake   But when you do   It will not then   Be caused by what I say   But by one who,   Like other men,   Holds you within her sway   And as I claim   No place within   The life you choose to live   I’ll stay the same   As I have been    And all your faults forgive   Perhaps I own   The privileged place   For worry I need not   I may condone,   Reprove with grace,   And still remain unfraught   With jealousies   And petty cares   And all that love demands   So as you please   I’ll save my prayers   And better use my hands   But why all this?   As I have said,   It matters not to me   What right have I?   You are not mine   Nor will you ever be