Love Is a Dangerous Game

I'm in this constant struggle 3 words 8 letters A taboo if they slip too soon Soon.... A measurement of time without end Painting hearts in my head Me + you Elementary songs playing on repeat K-I-S-S-I-N-G Like a feeling is measured by a kiss Like love is measured by physical attraction Not the intellect or the meeting of two souls I love you. I said it okay?! Bottled up like the fizz from a soda shook too many times I. love. you. I feel it All 3 words. All 8 letters. It shouldn't be as dangerous as we make it sound. But it's as if I'm a suicide bomber On a mission from which I'll never recover Waiting. Waiting..... To be humiliated or to be lifted up and put on cloud 9 Afraid of the consequences of words A loaded gun How did we get here? Why is it that we give so much power To words And why is it that when you don't say "I love you too" my worth is diminished Sticks and stones may break my bones But What you don't say is what can really hurt me But why?