the ways to say, I love you | poem

poetry

the ways to say, I love you

Spanish speakers, have fewer words

than English talkers

but many more ways

to say, I love you.

te quiero

te amo

te re quiero—

mi vida, mi amor, mi Cielo.

in Latin America

all of the people,

express how they feel

in classless forms

of emotive outburst:

cry for loves embrace

cheek kisses on introduction

that like rain, come regardless

of whether a person belongs

to the gutter

or among stars.

in green England, however

class is conveyed thorough the pleasantry

of tea, a firm handshake,

follows customary, well to dos

such as, how are you?

but unlike Spanish

when among a community

of known faces without names

apologies—unrequested

spill out if ever

in danger

of another’s

personal space.

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Spanish mouths have

so many ways to say

I love you.

the English have many words they cannot speak.