Love, I

I say

I love you

you smile

and say it back

But what do you mean

with those words?

how do you love me

for it cannot

nor will it ever

be the same as mine

because you don’t know

because you can’t know

because you aren’t free to

love me as i love you

or you’re simply scared.

scared of what our love would do

to the comfortable life you rest on

scared of how my love can see through you

scared of how your love could be released.

and that’s how I know

you can’t love anyone

but yourself.