• It’s just a word. I know it is.

    But it's a powerful one. You feel like you’re on the top of the world when you hear it. And you feel like your heart just fell into the trash compactor when you don't.

    Tears are dripping off my chin. They taste like salt.

    Its such a common thing that it just rolls off your tongue when your leaving. Its like it’s nothing to worry about. It’s just a way to comfort you and to remind you, like in the past five minutes you've forgotten. But it has its ways of soothing the ragging soul.

    My hands are shaking. They are moist and clammy; I have to wipe them on my pants.

    Those simple words can send you off into the clouds and at the same time the lack of those words can send you falling into the dark abyss of sadness and tears.

    I love him. I know I do.

    But why didn't he say he loved me back?