“I love you” was so easy to say way back when,
It meant nothing to me and everything to you,
Just a three word lie I told,
So that we could get into a lip locked tongue fight.

“I love you” was so easy to say a few years ago
When I needed you here.
Just a lie that I told so that you would listen,
Because it was the only way you’d stick around to hear me out.

“I love you” was so easy to say last Valentine’s Day,
When you expected me to.
A lie I told you and myself,
In hopes my first months wouldn’t be spent alone.

“I love you” isn’t so easy to say anymore,
Because it chokes me up every time.

Because now as it falls through my lips,
Usually as a whisper,
My voice shakes a little.

And I try and be still,
Try to stay calm,
Knowing this time “I love you”,
Is real.