If I Knew

 

If I knew

If I knew what love was I would say

 

A cherry at playtime

incessant smiling

a name in my exercise book

wondering what’s a kiss

 

If I knew I would

 

Let me come to you as a child

I never found a better love since

drinking from the same fountain

 

If I knew

 

you might let me

be happy with cherries again

content with held hands

 

what love was I would say

what love was