Poem: Love

I froze when you said it.
Silence gripped my lips,
but a din filled my mind.

Your words were sincerity.
Replete in honesty.
I shook at their very utterance.

I struggle to think…
How do I possibly reply?
I know I must, but the words don’t arrive

The answer would alter my life.
It would change who I am.
it could confuse everything I knew.

As the moments slip on,
a simple answer came to mind.
An answer choked with fear and doubt.

Will it be enough to alter?
Will it be enough to bring you to me?
Will I let you down?

My words are…
I can’t imagine it without you.
I beg you to stay, please don’t leave me...

Your words were…
Sometimes I think that the world would
be better off without me in it