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ILY Progression*

                                        I love you, always and forever

It was easy the first time -

I didn’t say it, I swore it:

We were young and you had a guitar,

Warm arms and a way with words

That made me drool

That two-toned giggle.

But it ended, cold and

Dark as January

(Though it was during April,

The budding of spring).

                                                  iloveyou

Saying it to the next boy

Was even easier
(Fell off my tongue before

I even knew I felt it).

When I found a third love

To whisper it to, I learned
All that was easy
About the second was
Forgetting "forever."

                                               Love You

The third time was impersonal;

The “I” was dropped.

                                                   ily

By the fourth, I was jaded -

The words had lost meaning;

Now it was like saying,

I enjoy your company, or

Your hair looks nice next to mine.

                                                                *"ily" the newly popular texting shortcut of “I Love You”