Three little words

Burning

Searing

Flaying my flesh

These insanely cruel words

Those three words cause

Me such pain and agony

The first is only one letter

The second four letters but only one syllable

The last is three letters meaning me

They're innocent enough

Flowing from ruby lips

As if they were perfectly natural

But a man like me

Could never say those

Three little words

The words that

Cut, shred and dice,

The skin of one such as me

Three little words

Three little syllables

I... Love... You.