Open

I have come to you
as an open slate.
To bare my soul
and embrace my fate.

Hoping that rejection and
laughter are not to follow.
My heart is in my stomach,
my chest feels hollow.

I stand here before
you naked and unafraid.
Because I am prepared
to accept the price to be paid.

Because I can no longer
keep it at bay, this little
phrase that I need to say,
I love you,
I love you,
more each day.