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A Figure of Speech At Best

"You make it easy to love you."
It takes a lot for my mouth,
To form those words these days.

Seven words.
What influence do they have now?
I think I understood,
The meanings better,
When I knew less.

I spoke them better,
Tongue-tied,
In a torrent of nervousness,
And honesty,
And honestly,
I'll never again,
Throw the word "Love",
Around as if it were,
Some baseball thrown underhand,
At a "coach-pitch" game,
To a child just learning,
To swing a bat.

To throw the word with no meaning,
Or only an "idea" of the meaning,
Would only form a half-hearted,
Insult in jest,
From me to you,
And never back again.

Next time I embed the word,
It will be,
In my own heart first,
First felt,
Then held,
Then pumped,
Into another's blood,
Not thrown underhand,
In the phrase,
"You make it easy to love you."

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  • Pretty Little Daisy silver member
    February 5

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    I like this a lot... There's so much truth in it!

    I like that you started and ended with the same line.

    Favorite lines:
    "I spoke them better,
    Tongue-tied,
    In a torrent of nervousness,
    And honesty,
    And honestly,
    I'll never again,"

    Krista