I love you and yet...

I love you, yet
I cannot tell you
Its not that I don't know
Its just that I can't say

Those three magic words
They mean so much
They hold the world in them
And yet we do not say them

Why do we use so many words
Why do we say so much
Why do we hide so much
When just three little words would suffice

Three little words that
Are nothing by themselves
But when put together
They make the world go around.

I know all this
And yet I hesitate
What do I fear so much
And is this really fear.

No, I know I love you
And that's above all else
I know I must tell you
That I love you and yet...