I love you

I love You
By kenny merrell

If I said
"Say that you love me"
Would you have to take a deep breath?
Would you say it with your hand over your mouth?
Would it be a whisper or a shout?
Would you be able to get it out?
Would it stick deep in your throat?
Be difficult to emote
Or would it come free and easy
Like lines from poetry
No second thought
Straight from the heart
Would it be a rationalization?
Or said deeply in passion
Could you have no tiny reservation?
Just a slight flicker of hesitation
Would it be just a habit?
Words flying out with no thought behind it.
Would you remember past hurts?
Times I’ve let you down
Or could you revert
Back to the first time and repeat those words
I Love You
I think and feel it more than say it
It is not any less felt and I revel in it
No hesitation
No reservation
No deep intake
Not one mistake
Just full blast with all my might
Repeated in prayer through the night
In tiny reverence I think it
In large volumes of words I say it
In deeds of service I portray it
What further evidence can be given?
Through eternity driven
On my knees appealing
With no other meaning
To emit those words of feeling

I love you!