I Love You (A Poem)

“I love you”

I heard the words spill out from my lips

I could not catch them

And put them back

I could just feel them through the ether

Heading toward you.

“I love you”

Such truth I was not ready to divulge

Such promise I was not ready to reveal

My heart just bled the words

And spilled them out all over you

To what truth will you embrace?

“I love you”

The hot sand beneath my weary feet

Blistering, burning, with little respite

I thirst, I bleed, I cannot seem but to need

The comfort of your skin

And the solace of your voice singing to my soul.

“I love you”

The story yet untold, unkempt in the House of Eden

Heading like a missile toward your tender heart

There is no return, I’ve spilled the truth

And now I wait, and now I wait

For the explosion to be heard.

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