to you.

these words shall not last long,

for it is said and then it is gone,

gone in its way,

it leaves a track,

a track so hard it's indelible,

these words shall not last long,

for it is uttered and then is heard no more,

leaving behind nothing,

but a crying child and an abandoned wife.

these words shall not last long,

for it is muttered so hastily,

it is soon forgotten,

yet it stalks from time to time,

denting the tough spirit,

breaking the soft heart.

these words shall not last long,

for it is yelled out without fear,

and then it dissolves away,

into the deep hearts and minds of a man,

making the sane insane.

these words shall not last long,

and in irony, 

no matter how few it is stringed,

or how elaborate it is explained,

the words never leave without a scar;

i love you not.