For the folks who dig my serious side, I don't show it enough which is probably good!!

You came up to me and said, “I am in love with you!”  And I think I made you mad, when I said to you, “I am in love with my boss!”

And you got really quiet, you stopped talking, for just a second, long enough for a breath to be heard and then you said, “I’m in love with you….I’m being serious”

I nodded. You just stood there staring at me, wondering when my next phrase would be.

“I’ll call you tomorrow…”  I said, and walked away

Why does such a small phrase cause so much trouble, “I’m in love with you” well, more to the point the reply, “I’m in love with my boss!”

That last phrase always seems to make people get quiet. 

Why couldn’t I just say, “I’m in love with you too!” and then the famous last scene kiss and fade to black.

It should be that easy, just to say it in reply, but for some reason it isn’t, even if it’s true.

It’d probably be easier to say if it wasn’t true, just some words, a playa’s creed, “I’m in love with you too!”

It’s a phrase, just a phrase, words, but hell, they can make people fall from grace, fall from Heaven’s embrace, cry like a baby, yell out in anger, a dangerous phrase, a quieter of epic proportions.

Later on, the phone rings. 

It’s her.

“Did you love me too?”

Silence.

“I’ll understand if you don’t, if it’s just a game with you!  I won’t ever mention it again.”

How come it’s not easy to say it, “I am in love with you too!” but I can’t say it, not easy at all, even though it’s true.

“I love you” she says and hangs up the phone. 

I’m just sitting there, holding the phone, “I love you too….”