Love You, Too

The word just came out.

You stop, eyes wide.

Love, you said. “I love you”.

I stop too, by your side.

You look away from me, and I can tell –

You did not mean to say it out loud.

But it’s too late; the word is out

You can’t take it back now.

I see fear on your face, but in your eyes

A tiny ray of hope, too.

We don’t move an inch,

As you wait to see what I do.

I know what you want to ask,

Do you feel the same?

I’m sure you can see my mind race

As I try to find what to say.

For is it just love, when it feels like

I need you as much as the air?

When you own a part of my very soul?

And it’s far too much to bear?

I don’t know what else to say,

So I turn and look at you.

I find your hand, and look up with a grin,

And say: “Yes - I love you, too”.