If I Tell You First

If I tell you I love you first
Then you should have already
told me yesterday
If I told you I loved you first
Then you should have already 
Known not to be late
Saying it again, the next day
This love is a two way street
This love is not a one way
I will not accept this diffeat
Cars come and people go
But this car ride I choose 
To go on, I choose to do
It with no one else 
But you
People come and cars go
And I'm not very personable 
So for me to say this first
Is the pain that feels the worst
I'm not a people person 
But still, I chose no one else 
But you
I, choose no one else, but you
I, chose no one else, but you
Maybe that's why my love 
Should be enough 
To get through to you 
Because for you
There's nothing in this world
That I wouldn't try, or do
Simply for you
But you have to meet me 
In the middle of this circle 
This circle we call life
Just go ahead and remove
That knife
That you so badly want to
Put in someone else's back 
Because this is a two way street
And I'll forever be by your side 
I'll forever have your back 
And my love for you will never die 
Because of the sinner in you
And the sinner, in, I
I love you but if I tell you first
Then you should have
Already told me
Yesterday 

Stephanie A. Ludwig 
05/27/2025