‘I Love You’

The way your words brush against my ears
Sending an electrifying feeling
down my spine

‘I love you’

Three simple words
that drip with meaning
and emotion

‘I love you’

A soft whisper
Like a gentle summer breeze
Like the sound of a child’s laughter

‘I love you’

Like ashes falling to the ground
a beautiful disaster

‘I love you’

Empty promises
broken
shattered into pieces  
Jagged edges of a mirror
that cut deep

‘I love you’

Love and pain become synonymous
One incomplete without the other
like the thorns of a rose  
beauty tainted with agony
withering away as time goes by

‘I love you’

The words become meaningless
but they stay in my head
consuming my thoughts

‘I love you’

Like a music box
the same old bittersweet melody
over and over again

‘I love you’

They ring
like church bells
reminding me
convincing me
conditioning me

You love me

And in the same sick twisted way I guess

I love you too