When I say I love you
I mean just as you are,
Promises are for the future
We never know that far.
When I say I love you
I can only speak for now,
Now is all I can give to you:
It’s in the now I vow.
Heaven knows I mean it
When I say I love you
But it’s only now I say it,
The future is always due.
I can make a promise
But what is a promise worth?
Many a promise is made
In merriment and mirth.
When times are good
And all is fair in sunshine,
Honey dew escapes the lips
And the mind is in a bind.
Yes, it’s in the present
When I say I love you,
So very certain in the now
What else can I do?
Age and illness matter not
When I say I love you,
The future I cannot factor in
I know not what is due.
I know I made a vow
As I was expected so to do,
I repeated the words I heard
And I said them all to you.
A moment like no other
And I meant it all the way
When we two became one
Right on our wedding day.
It’s not about the future
When I say I love you,
This moment now is all I know…
I know my love is true.
Stewart Russell © September 27, 2022
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