Tell me that you love me, I need to hear
Those words as your heart’s address to me.
I do not mean to just say them. They are not mere
Words to be uttered just as sounds, blithely
To light upon my ears, for this I know:
There is an imperative of heart for me to say
Those words from deep within my soul to you.

Tell me that you love me, my heart trembles
Longing for those words to waft upon my face
And give me warmth. Simply I ask three syllables
That no time nor distance, nor cruelty can efface.
What other words can to my mind accrue
There is an imperative of heart for me to say
Those words from deep within my soul to you