facing you

can this be so hard?
the careful dance of
traps, pitfalls and
happiness endures,
yet it is so difficult
to articulate love.

the dance continues
and we say it is true;
artifice does not belong.
yet it penetrates as deeply,
as your eyes,
if you look at me.

and yet do i dare?
the utterance of words
was never a more monumental task.
never since i learned to speak.
never since humans created
words and meanings.

however,
i love you.
go back where you came from.
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