Being in love is wonderful, mysterious, exciting, and a little bit terrifying. To fall head-over-heels for somebody is an experience not quite like any other. Love burns like wildfire, a passion indescribable. Compared to their love, the world pales and fades away in comparison, for they only have eyes for each other. More so than a physical connection, love is expressed just as much through emotion. A bond between two people, who truly love one another is not easily severed. A force both powerful and passionately intense.

There are far too many ways to tell someone “I love you”. In just as many words, even less. You might wonder if the weight of your words will still mean the same thing if you said it straight out, or perhaps you feel pressured to say it in some situations as well. Everyone will reach the way to express their feelings properly as time passes, their own unique way to say “I love you”. Of course, there’s no wrong or right way to go about it. But sometimes, it becomes a risk when you let your feelings be known, and in that spot of vulnerability, the feelings are not reciprocated. In these cases, you might feel that further interactions become unnatural, and the potential for a future relationship fall into question. For situations like those, here are poems, suggestions to inspire you for your own way to say “I love you”.