Thosewords

In the questions you have asked me
did you hear my warm response
or did assumptions turn you cold into
a dark, uneasy fog
of misled apprehension
and confusion falling deep
The truth is all too simple
and it's really all we need
You know me quite completely
and you've seen me at my worst
You know those words I hate to say
I would have spoken first
and now I beg you--hear me,
although I know you do,
I hope that you will someday say
those words
I love you too.

-kb