An ineffable I love you

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I love you
Words forbidden
Sentiment apprehensive
Joy leashed and held

I love you
Moments caged
Captive harmony
Peace pinned and plugged

I love you
Desire spoken
Fool begotten
Perfection lost and forsaken

I love you
Need unrelished
Want unpreserved
Hope removed and unrestituted

I love you

everything about you don’t go please stay I am lost unless I have you when we met I was dying you breathed life now you are my atmosphere I am gasping lungs on fire my whole life nothing is greater nothing is better I love you please I love you I can’t say the words but they are in my heart please hear them please know them please stay

No.

I love you
Begging mellowed
Approbation asserted
Resolve secure and upheld

I love you.