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.