Love Song Without Lyric

I love you,

Though I never say it.

In saying it,

You lose the substance.

Can you say “ocean”

And touch what you mean?

Does the word express

Sea depth and strength?

Does it crash like white wave

Or dart like a fish?

Do you feel the moon tug

In voicing the word?

Can you sift the sand

Or breathe the salt spray

In speaking the sound?

You lose the feel of life,

Of strength, of mystery.

To say “ocean”

Is to say nothing.

To say “I love you”

                                                 Is but little more