The Confession

I was nervous to tell you

Honestly

I didn’t know how you would react,

How people usually react.

My biggest secrets

I think

Carry so much

Weight.  Don’t they?

What would you say?

I wondered a while

Would you be angry?

Or would I just make you sad?

But…

   you

 just

   said

that

      you

 Loved

Me

     .

I

Thought it would make

You less inclined

Toward me.

I

Didn’t think I could be loved

Not like this,

Not really.

I don’t think I understand love

What I’ve been taught,

What I’ve experienced.

But I love yours–

Your version.

I don’t know

How you will react when I tell you more,

But something–

Something inside me

Hopes it will be loved.

If I confess

Will you be there to ease my stress?

I worry, nevertheless,

But trust you more, regardless.