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I pour out my heart to you in hopes of a bond

you turn on me like a tiger in lurch for the prey

how can your heart be so stone cold as ice

I expose my soul and you squash my heart

I merely wanted a dance with you in kind

love is not a word that jails your heart

rather one that captures each of our senses

to last a lifetime of eternitys

To bring to heightened awareness and awe

to sleep with a safe place to fall all night long

how can three of the smallest, simplest words

cause such a stir of confusion and irrational fear?

Three small words, are not meant to bring you down

yet rather to lift you to new heights to soar

free within the knowledge that someone adores

all that is the essence of your total embodiment

My heart leapt free and openly to engage you

words impact and impart a special meaning

to all that exists between spaces of

 torrid languishing and

 merely coffee with the morning paper 

If I'm not important enough to speak the truth

walk out the door and let me find the true meaning

stop tugging on my heart strings with your charms

my feminine wiles are not at play here

I'm not trying to trap the great white hunter

I feel your lips but not the warmth of contentment

just wanted to tie our hearts together with a note

that sky write the three little words that fall into you

yet written in the sky

 or in the sand it disappears

Time will not erase what's in my heart, 

so I say those 

three little words.... 

 can't wait forever 

for one of us to come to our senses

  

come onto me, ruffle my ears, trace my heart 

whisper it...

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Reviews

[Carolann Dowsett]

Love can be a terrifying word when its always comes with such pain. Yet here you plead its case, make it out to be nice and innocent and I love that. This is how love should be yet too often it is as you say, the one you love turns on you and stomps on your heart. I can clearly see both sides of love here. Awesome write yet again Frieda.

[Frieda P]

Love this review, thanks so much, wasn't sure if it computed, so much I wanted to say, but you read me right, that's always a good feeling.

[Carolann Dowsett]

Welcome :)

[Sethnicity]

Good Job.. Sounds like you really had some lucky someone in mind..
Hopefully you hear the echo of a similar song... with the blanks filled in!

[Tarry Franck]

WOW - I am blown away. This speaks volumes to me, oh if you only knew. The ending was phenomenal! Flawless yet again. Shelved in my Library for sure.

[Larry Dyson]

really like the last stanza and the repetition of groups of 3 words each...

[Frieda P]

Thanks so much Moon.

[Claire Twinn]

A tale of love, hope and fear. Saying those words for the first time can be a terrifying experience. So much to give and so much to lose - sigh!

[Frieda P]

They make it so complicated...or is that us, I'm never quite sure!

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Another poem that begs the question in an assertive but loving plea.

[Frieda P]

Thanks John.

[Michael G.]

Strong content, flow is good. It has a rhythm that is easy to follow. Your ending I think, is outstanding.
You have taken a complex piece of life and brought it out for all to see and understand. Very well done, Frieda.

[Frieda P]

Thanks Michael, I wasn't sure if it was too wordy, especially being about 'no words'...much appreciated.

[KAOlmsted]

They can be obtuse, yeah? I love that line about capturing the great white hunter...classic.

[Frieda P]

Good word, yes, extremely obtuse. Thanks k.

[KAOlmsted]

Always my pleasure, F ;-)

[InsanityWriter]

Great poem. :) It flowed nicely. ^_^

[Frieda P]

Danke muchly ;-)