For some reason
I love you(s)
tend to hit your ears
at the most inconvenient of times
Barging in unannounced on a room-full of
pre-occupied thoughts
all loudly sounding at once
And my words
(however good intentioned)
wind up plummeting
into sweet nothingness
Perhaps that place reserved
for words left unsaid

Meanwhile…

harsh words
expletives
and other such
ramblings
regurgitated from my lips
in the heat of the moment
penetrate your ears
to find an empty room of vacant thoughts
The emotion hitting your heart
unmercifully – loudly echoing every word I say
Replaying the moments
even saving its memory for
another day

For, you’re always
reminding me of the
not so good things

All the things I wish I could
take back –
you hold on display

And,

Try as I may,
the painful reminders
of yesterday
I
can’t erase

All I can do is
seize this moment in time
take it, and say

I love you

With everything good
that dwells
in my
being

I do

Hopefully, these words
won’t find themselves barging in
on yet another room
filled with
your
pre-occupied thoughts
loudly drowning
out
the true
intentions of my heart