If I Could I Would

I love you, I would say.
I would say I love you.
Like the moon loves
Sipping the lake.
Like the ripples love
Lapping on the boats,
Like the hawk loves
Being silhouetted.
Like the bats love
Swooping and diving.
Like the sun loves
Hiding behind the earth.
Like the moon loves
Being eclipsed.
I would hold you
As tight as you wanted.
I love you, I would say.
I would say I love you.