I have a million words to say to you Words that I love the way I love my mother Words that watched me grow into a synthesis of souls Words that tucked me in at night and scared the monsters out from under my bed when memories weren’t all I had to fight the nightmares Words that saw me broken and busted bleeding on the floor begging, “please don’t cry” Please Don’t Cry 3 words. It seems that all of my most powerful words come in threes I love you, I want you, I need you The most important to me The most important because they start with I and end with you. That is all that I want. You and I with nothing but love and want and need between us Rather than the miles that divide us now. There are only three letters between you and I 3 letters is only about an inch and a half in length unless you’re using really big font But even the biggest font is better than the actual 1646.2 miles that separate us now That’s 2649.3 kilometers Which means that my feet would have to strike street 8,691,936 times before my hands could hold yours and my heart could beat normal again That is 7,691,936 more steps than words I have to say Words that I love the way I love you Words that planted love in my chest and let it grow like weeds, no crevice safe, love grows like vines through my rib cage Words that slipped themselves in between my fingers and squeezed Words that kissed my cuts and scars slit thick on my hips whispering “please don’t” Please Don’t 2 words. It seems that the hardest words to say come in twos I can’t. Just go. It’s over. The most important to me because I started them and ended us. But 3 words always beats 2. So even though I can’t, I love you And although I should just go, I want you And “it’s over” never ended us because I need you. I love you, I want you, I need you. The most important to me Because, like this poem, they start with I and end with you