Don't Say It

As we lay here
basking in the magic
of the moment

As the wind
blows,
caressing
your hair

As the waves lap,
fawning over
the shore

As the moonlight
makes love
to
your skin

As all the elements
show up in their
Sunday best

And the stars
bear witness
from the night sky

Don't you say it

Don't you dare

'Cause my heart will stop

My voice will break

And the air will turn
to cyanide
in my lungs

For an
undetectable

infinitesimal

fraction
of a second

And then I'll exhale
the lie

"I love you too"

Then close my eyes

And pull you closer to me






As my sin obliterates
the sanctity
of this
paradise