Love is Too Hard

Love is too hard for me

It panics me
I can not breathe

My heart races and leaps

from my chest

Run away!
Get away!

Never look back.

My heart pivots and fidgets
and waits...

wanting you

to beg me to stay

to hold me close
to whisper and warm

Never let go.

But love is too hard for me

I can not accept this

Novel Sensation

I am not sure it is real

or Illusion

Can I touch it?
See it?
Smell or taste it?

My heart is shut away

locked in a box

made of ice

I want your love to melt away.

img src= 'Ice Heart' by B. Niro