Our favorite game
Is child's play:
(Charades.)

It's too hard for us to say
One sentence, three words:
(I love you.)

We act out one word,
Six letters:
(Friend.)

And yet the next gesture spells out
One word, five letters:
(Enemy.)

I should have asked
One question, four words:
(Do you love me?)

We only needed
One word, three letters:
(Yes.)