‘I love you’, simple words with more power than anyone can understand
Three small words said to bring hope to the hopeless or light to the dark
The power of love is said to chase away the most sinister fears and warm the coolest heart If this is real,
if this is such a benign power, something so pure and good then why does it hurt
Words of such might fall so easily form smiling lips
Such beautiful words spring from lying tongues
So easily these shattering words come and, eventually go
I love you isn’t to far from I hate you and love is akin to lust
How is it that we can live with breaking the hearts of others by so easily rescinding this timeless oath, this solemn vow?
How easily these words and the strong emotions they evoke are cast aside
What is love besides the hardest torment one must endure
Can the good that comes of love ever outweigh the bad
Has love really turned into nothing more than an enabler of lust, a ghost of a distant past destined to slowly fade beyond all recollection
If so then surely the pain of lies can also fade with time or the human spirit become resilient to their hurt
Truthfully I fear this more than anything
For without this bittersweet pain we will forget what true love is supposed to be
Not this shallow mockery that causes nothing but pain
We will forget the sweetness, the benign power that is love
It is my hopeful prayer that I love you does not turn into I lie to you
But then, when are prayers ever answered
The best we can do is harden out heart and seal away our soul
