I Can't

I can tell you some words,
That many people say,
And many people mean,
Speaking them poetically,
As if inside a play.

I can tell you many things,
That everyone has said,
That are simple and easy,
But the words you ask of me,
Are already dead.

I can tell you some things,
That you may want to hear,
That are long and true,
But the words you say to me,
Are the words that I fear.

You can say many things,
That I have heard before,
But you say those words to me,
The words hitting me,
Like a wave onto a shore.

The words you said to me,
The words I love you,
Are hard for me to say,
I've never loved before,
It's far too much to chew.