Three words
That is all it would take
Just a second
But even that is too much
for me right now
Maybe not just now
Maybe it is just too much ever

Three words
Just three simple words
Yet they hold so much sway
So much sway that I am unable
To write them down
Even knowing that
With a few clicks they will go away

Three words
Words that are said everyday
Said by people who
Are not afraid
Said by people who are simply themselves
Simply who they want to be
Hopefully one day I will be like them

Three words
Words that I hide from
Or at least try too
By burying myself in
Others made up worlds
Worlds that sometimes I wish
To be lost in forever

Three words
Maybe they will release me
Maybe they will free me
Free me from what though
Free me from having to hide
Free me from keeping a secret from those I love most
But I won't know until I let them go

Three words
Maybe they will help me feel
Feel what I have been holding back
Because I am only human
A human with feelings
Feelings that some people often forget
Feelings that sometimes even I forget

Three words
Yet they chain me
Chain me from truly being me
Making me hold back part of me
But maybe that is a good thing
Maybe I am not ready
Not ready to truly be me

Three words
Maybe by saying them
My life will feel more complete
Maybe I can be truly happy
But maybe they will make me feel
Utterly lost and without a purpose
The only way to find out is to give in

Three words
Words that will forever define me
But maybe I don't want to be defined
Don't want to be chained by
Perceptions and expectations that aren't even mine
Maybe I just want to be me
Maybe I just want to let these words go free

Three words
Maybe that is all they are
Just words
But words are powerful
Words can still sting like that of a whip
Can still burn like that of a fire
We give too much power over words

Three words
Maybe by saying them
I will strip them of their
Powerful hold over me
Or maybe I will just add to it
Add to the gigantic reservoir
Of power that those simple words already have

Three words
Words that maybe one day I will say
But not today
Today I am still chained by my own fear
Fear of what will happen
Fear of just being who I am

Three words
Words that sometimes
Take too much effort to keep contained
Held by the last thread of knowledge
Knowledge of what might or might not happen
That thread keeps it all in
I don't know how much longer it can hold

Three words
One day I will no longer be afraid
Afraid of myself
Afraid of three simple words
I look forward to that day
The day when I finally say those
Three words