How do you say I love you?

In France you say

Je t'aime, ma cherie

In the City of Lights

The brightness twinkling

Reflections in your eyes

Lock your love to the bridges

Climb the heights

In passionate Spain you say

Te amo

As you tango into the night

Red across your clothing

Falling into forever in someone's arms

German sounds a little less romantic

Doesn't trip off the tongue so well

You may think it is cold

But love is warm

With that soft finish from your lover's tongue

Ich liebe dich

Italian is very like Spanish

Ti amo

But here food calls you

Like in Eat Pray Love

So be wooed by your lover

Tuck into some nice grub

But me?

I say it the way I mean it

My actions

My touch

When we meet I bring a single red rose

A love to last a thousand years

Until the last petal drops

Soft synthetic petals that cling together

Mimic the way my arms wrap around you

Fingers trailing down your spine

Let my lips kiss the mountains and dive to the valleys

Higher than Everest

Deeper than the sea

Wider than the galaxy

Yet small and gentle

Perfectly formed

A single red rose

Thorns clipped only for you

Because

I love you