Is it so hard to say,

”I love you”,

When a word, a sigh,

A glance and a quirky smile

Dance into memories

Igniting a warmth

And the heart takes a leap

To eventually subside.

Heart is so recalcitrant

That it cannot look

At love in the eye

And proclaim,

”I love you”.

Only when intense moments

Have passed,

Never to return

When time’s compass revolved

Leaving one with eternal loss,

And clutching at heart

To soften the ache.