Can I Say I Love You? Poem by Avinash Nair

Can I say, I love you
In just three words?
I don't think I could.
I don't think I would.
Love is more than just
These three words, tossed around.
It is not that astray feeling found.
Love is a perception!
And perception is reality.
A way to lead your life,
A sense of being alive.
Love is not in the perfection told,
It is in the imperfection unseen but old.
Love is not in the happiness shared,
It is in the silent sadness cared.
Love lies not in the expression of an emotion,
But rather in the suppression of a notion.
Love is not a thing to be expressed,
It is the enlightenment to be achieved.
Still do you really think,
I can say I love you
In just three words?
I don't think I could,
I don't think I would.