Soothing

I said “I love you”
Like the careless twitch of a finger
And it danced with my breath on the air for a few moments
Until I had realized what I had done
“It’s like breathing,” is what the movies say
“It’s easy, love is”
And somehow, it turns out, they were right

Fiction is a blanket that I crawl under
Mountains of metaphors melting into a fuzzy abyss
and becoming the sugar that sweetens my frazzled thoughts
and soothes my dizzy brain
So I suppose I never understood that when swoony authors wrote of fireworks
and artists painted lovers into a thousand roses
They meant it

Because when I said “I love you,” it took me seconds to realize what I’d done
But it took you less to smile at me and reply like it was the most natural thing in the world
that you would be loving me
and we would be side-by-side

Reviews

[Coyote Poetry]

The words. "I love you." Very hard to say.
"Because when I said “I love you,” it took me seconds to realize what I’d done
But it took you less to smile at me and reply like it was the most natural thing in the world
that you would be loving me
and we would be side-by-side"
The above lines. So good, so wonderful.
Coyote

[hazy]

thank you!:)

[Coyote Poetry]

You are welcome.

[The High Priestess]

Love is so easy if one is to reciprocate. Finding the right one to love is the sweetest thing. Thank you for sharing such amazing love poem.

[hazy]

Thank you for your review

[Carlos Lorenzo Estrada]

We fall in love, yet seldom do we rise for it. What is beguiling and most unnerving is the fact that three little words can profoundly change the course of one's life. The words are easy to say but difficult to live. Because they require and demand of us sacrifice of equal affection. And depending on the heart not all love is equal, nor should it ever be. Because much like people it is varied in its intent and purpose. It's why we poets love...love. For it is the place within and throughout our art is created from. I really enjoyed your thought provoking piece. Thank you for sharing.

[hazy]

Thank you for your thoughtful review and kind words. It is very interesting to me the extent of impact “I love you” can have.