10 Meanings Behind Saying "I Love You"

1. When I say that I love you

I mean that on somedays

my heart will hold hands with your smile

and play hopscotch on the crumbling concrete

of my happiness until your smile

turns into laughter and whisk my heart away

2. When I say that I love you

I mean that your laughter returned but my heart did not.

Because somehow he had gotten lost in a strange place.

Your eyes.

3. When I say that I love you

What I mean is that...my heart is confused.

Confused at how he could both find and lose himself in the same strange place.

4. When I say that I love you

What I mean is that...my heart is scared.

Scared because he has been stranded far too long in the desert of your pupils and has found many broken hearts.

He starts to wonder if he is next.

5. When I say that I love you

I mean that my heart likes to wear long sleeve shirts.

Long sleeve shirts to cover scars that say "I know how painful love can be sometimes."

But also "I am willing to stay no matter how bad it gets."

6. When telling you that I love you.

I mean that If my heart could, he would stop beating.

Stop beating because he thinks just the sound of your voice would be all the life support I'd ever need.

7. When I say that I love you

I mean that my heart is like a teenage rebel. sneaking out of my chest at odd times in the night, to see if he can find himself in your dreams.

8. When I say I love you

What I mean is that my heart occasionally carries an odor.

Not because he necessarily stinks, well maybe sometimes, but because jealousy is that toxic cologne I tell him to throw away but he never listens.

I keep having to remind myself that he is not perfect.

9. When I say that I love you.

I mean that I'm not afraid to say "I do."

10. When I tell you I love

What I mean is that my heart doesn't know much.

My heart hasn't experienced much

And my heart has rarely felt much

But he is sure about one thing.

You.