Powerful words
Twisted like cords
Round the shape of the heart
Squeezing, at the same time,
Expanding this exquisite work of art
On its sides;
Ties that bind.

I
Singular, representing an individual.
An acute sense of awareness,
Of personality, rights and privilege;
The subject of a sentence.

LOVE
Universal, a collective desire.
All encompassing.
As powerful as waterfalls
Cascading down high mountains
Into the deep soul stream,
With splashes of emotion.

YOU
The object of affection.
The centre of attention.
Then, the only thing that matters,
The reference point of desires.

I LOVE YOU
Those magical words
Which waves a golden wand
And places a spell on the heart
To set a soul on fire.

© Arukaino Umukoro - April 2003