it's because i love you,
that i don't tell you...
that i let my lips be sewn together
with strings of storge affection
it's because i love you,
that i don't burden you with everything
that i don't spill out my thoughts and feelings and ailments--
because you don't need to know,
because it would only worry you and upset you--
and you would treat me differently...
not on purpose, not intentionally:
but you would watch your words around me,
you'd change your actions--
and i am not blind!
i would notice it!
and me telling you would make you love me less
so because i love you,
i keep it in
i keep it safe
i keep it under lock and key in my mind and heart and memory--
i keep it safe
from you
because i love you
