Just a Fling

It started out so fun, so new we didn’t define anything because that complicates everything it was just a fling. But our nights got longer, our laughs got louder, then we slipped up and fell in love You could see it in the smiles could hear it in the voice with every touch it was clear but nothing was said It slipped out like a secret through your breathy laugh neither one of us expecting to hear it I love you we didn’t know if it was true or just the moment that lead to this declaration But it was done Maybe it scared you, so you took the first step, I just followed your lead and we locked eyes and with a sad smile we started to back away from what could have been, and we could have been