i have discovered that i am a very wary person
not in everyday life, though i am a careful person
but i am wary with my love
i am slow to give it away, and only in small portions
because i am afraid that if i give away and lose too much,
there will be no more left to give
i rarely tell people i love them
even family
because to me,
each time you say the words,
they mean a little less
if you use them sparingly,
there may be enough to get you through a life time
but if you use them up,
no matter how often you say you love someone,
there is no love left,
just empty words
as much as i believe in the power of the words
'i love you'
i agree with Snow Patrol
'those three words are said too much, they're not enough'
i believe in showing that you love someone
not telling them
i will tell people i love them
but if you know me well enought,
you will be able to tell the difference between my
'i love you, you're a great person'
and
'i love you, from the bottom of my heart, there would be no point in life without you'
if you count the 'i love you's' you have recieved,
don't count the first one
count the second type,
depending on the type of person you are,
there won't be many
and i feel guilty
because there are people who i love
really and truly,
but i can't bring myself to give them the second type of 'i love you'
i think i gave too many of those away
and got too little of them back
and i know that if there are too many more that go missing
there won't be any left
but there are always people who know the difference between my 'i love you's'
and they do the same
there is a difference in tone and emotion between the
'surface' i love you
and the 'deep, from the bottom of my heart' i love you
i appreciate the deep ones,
though there are few people who give them away
maybe they too, are afraid to give too many away
so you should count yourself lucky,
and one of a kind if you recieve my love
because you obviously have done something to deserve it
i don't give love away to anyone,
only those i love
and i think that it is more powerful to reciece one true 'i love you'
rather than thousands of off-handed, response 'i only said it cuz i had to' i love you's