I love you

all the feelings in the world
piled on my head
every hair of emotion
and I'm pulling them out
painfully, slowly
methodically, one by one
and forcibly shoving them into three words
I love you

looking at myself
well actually looking at you
but I meant introspective
pitiful, bald, invested
and your response is a hug
and a casual kiss

and the backwards thing is
your reaction meant more
nothing substantial, but more
than all the feelings in the world

if in anger I can say things I don't mean
then can't any feeling betray me?

Collegiate Learning

Rumor has it that you learn at college!

Well,
college taught me
that emotions can be felt
without making me any less,
so I tried it out.


I’ve never felt better.