Big Scary L Word...

Today felt like another poetry kind of day, my friends. Welcome to what’s been on my mind recently. Enjoy.

The L Word

‘I like you’ is a funny phrase

Or so it seems to be

Some save it for a special time

Some let it just fly free

Big scary words to say or hear

Though they number only three

To clarify, this is what

‘I like you’ means to me

‘I like you’ means I think you’re nice

Your presence makes me smile

It might just be your dashing looks

Or maybe it’s your style

Something simple, something small

The list won’t run a mile

It simply means I would enjoy

To sit with you awhile

‘I like you’ means you make me laugh

Whether you try or not

It means you have a sassy streak

I simply haven’t got

You make me think and yearn and dream

And give me food for thought

You satisfy my mind in ways

That other men cannot

‘I like you’ means I want to talk

With you into the night

Something about you pulls me in

Conversation feels so right

Through the learly twilight hours

Or when the sun shines bright

The simple act of talking with you

Fills me with delight

‘I like you’ means I think you’re sweet

There’s more to you inside

Regardless of the masks you wear

No matter how you hide

You seem so torn, won’t let me in

You simply can’t decide

But still I’d like to be your friend

And stand here by your side

‘I like you’ means I want to make

Your heart light brightly shine

I want to know what it feels like

To hold your hand in mine

Buy you bouquets of flowers

Take you out to wine and dine

And since you work so early

I’ll even have you home by nine

‘I like you’ means I’d like to try

To reach for something more

No labels, vows or promises

Just more than was before

A hope that walking side by side

We could open a new door

Two brand new adventurers

The whole world to explore

‘I like you’ means I like you

Simple as can be

I don’t want to scare you away

Not getting on one knee

I just wanted to let you know

In hopes that you like me

Now it’s said, you know my thoughts

I guess I’ll wait and see