i cannot say "i love you"
giving you those words
is a runaway train
that will leave me bleeding
and wishing for death
i cannot say "i love you"
so i learn to say it
in different languages
in hopes that one of them
will translate
i love you
te amo
i love you
je vous aime
i love you
aishiteru
i love you
hold my hand
i love you
i did your laundry
i love you
i saw this and thought of you
i love you
let me know you made it home safe
i love you
i drove all this way
i love you in pumpkin pie
in banana laffy taffies
in memes and stuck out tongues
in campfires and walks through the woods
in movies and brunch
in cuddles and kisses
in bite marks and bruises
in unanswered texts
in impassable distance
in runaway trains
in crushed hearts
in insurmountable emptiness
i love you
ik houd van je
i love you
