Friday, August 22, 2025

A Questionnaire for the One I Love

By Natalie Scott

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Would you still love me if you really knew me? If I showed you the scars on my chest, the blisters on my feet? If I ran away and swore I was never coming back, would you wait for me? If I knocked on the door with sopping wet hair and sticky tears would you let me in? If I drank too fast would you hold my hair back while I threw up? If you told me you loved me and I asked why would you still feel the same? If I asked you to pull over and move the dead fox off the highway would you call me unhinged? Would you pull over? If I lost the key to your place would you print me a new one? If I rolled up the cuffs of my jeans to show you the scabs on my knees, would you sing to them? If I cut my bangs too short would you pretend not to notice? If I told you about my dad and the drugs and the sirens would you run off? If I told you I never needed you anyways would you prove me wrong? If I lay in the driveway as the rain poured down, would you lay by my side? If you saw the callouses on my hands would you still hold them? The cracks on my lips, would you still kiss them? If I told you he hurt me would you believe me? If I told you I was godless, would you still worship me? If I refused to take your last name would you still want to marry me? If I left you at the altar, would you chase after me? If I dared you to love me anyways, would you?

If you have to think about any of your answers, don’t bother submitting this form.


About the Author


Natalie Scott (she/her) is a young queer creative writer with a passion for all things feral and feminist. Outside of school, she is a barista, and a maker of all things: drawings, paintings, jewelry, the list goes on and on. She graduated from ICC in May of 2025 and will be transferring to ISU in the fall, where she will study English-creative writing.

 


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