Don’t say you love me and use it as a lever <br />A lever to use in a medieval way <br />Extracting confessions for sins not committed <br />Then applying more pressure so you get your way <br />When love is best served by judgment, sober <br />Weighing each link in the chain as we sway <br />Not promising the earth or even an acre <br />Not saying forever nor turning away. <br /> <br />So, if you love someone its best to not say it <br />'cause the words will come back to stab like a knife <br />When the tunnel of love like some ancient idea <br />Is kaput, finis for us, at least in this life <br />So forget all the passions and well-meant forever’s. <br />And all the make-ups that followed our strife <br />As the train wheels keep saying <br />don't make promises, promises are levers <br />levers designed to extinguish loves life<br /><br />JAMES ROBERTS<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/love-on-the-tracks/
