Maybe I Don't Love You
"Maybe I don't love you,"
she said out loud to no one
Waiting for a response
but there came none
Maybe I don't love you
maybe I am not
tantalizingly tormented
with tenacious tinklings of thoughts
of you
Maybe I don't love you
Maybe it isn't true
And maybe
there is no expanse above my head
maybe there is just this roof in
its stead
And maybe
there are no petals
colorful velvet birthed from stems
maybe there is no purpose
we all here by just a whim
Maybe
there's no ocean
lulling the earth into calm
and maybe the sun doesn't
reluctantly emerge from its depths
to announce the morn
Maybe
nothing exists
but that's pretty hard to prove
maybe you can take this however
you choose
Maybe, I don't love you
But what if I do?
It doesn't mean you are obligated to
love me
simply just that I love you
I love you like the clouds in the sky
everyday refreshing us with shade
while obliviously we never question why
I love you like the earth
it supports us all
always there to catch you
every single time you fall
I love you like blood
moving silently in your veins
a trillion trillion cells
quickening your frame
I love you like this
in my bedroom here
I know
my heart knows
This love doesn't need
acknowledgment
from your ears
It is real
It is substantial
It has matter and takes up space
And even though I would count it
a great blessing
It doesn't have to be in your face
you see,
maybe I don't love you
But, God know that I do
Because real love loves first
with never a guarantee that it will
be returned by you
You know I love you
somewhere inside yourself
but, then again
"maybe" you don't
and love is just lying to ourself
