Words

As defined in the dictionary
They only say so much.

“I don’t like you.”
You scare me.
I scare myself.
What will others say?

“Don’t go.”
I don’t want to be alone here
I’ve forgotten what it is like.

“I love you.”
Right now at least.
I don’t love anyone else.

They could mean something else
Or nothing at all.
Sometimes silence says more.