SAYING IT IS THE HARD PART

 The secret is to be casual;

Matter-of-fact words can

Sometimes inflame the senses;

Not straight away, perhaps,

But later, when the hurly-burly

Of conversation has had time to sink in

Maybe the trick is not to be seen saying it;

‘I love you’ is such a difficult phrase

To force between clenched teeth

see more poems in my new book of poetry ’67’.
 http://www.tinhuttalespublishers.co.uk/67/