I Could Say (Poetry)

I could say I will love you
until the end of time
but I have no idea
how long that is

I could say love is water
transformed to wine
all in the moment of
that first sweet kiss

I could say so very
many things to you
and make such promises ...
Do I need to go on?

I could say it — mean it —
almost make it true
until some day we’d wake
to find love gone

I could say but won’t say
what’s best left unsaid —
love skips all the small print
the Ts & Cs unread