I Love You

"I love you."
Words not often said,
Words not often meant,
Words not often true,
Words not often kept.
"I love you"
Words taken for granted,
Words often forgotten…
So perhaps instead one should say
"You matter to me…
More than I can say"
For it is not the abundance of words
that says the most
But the lack of words…
It is the utter silence of a smile,
It is the calm quiet of a hug,
It is the hush of a kiss
That says more than
"I love you."