If love was

If love was a thing

I would have 

Mended it

If love was a breath

I would have 

Held it

If love was a tear 

I would have 

Stopped it

If love was a name 

I would have 

Re-whispered it

If love was a raindrop

I would have 

Preserved it

But love was you

And I couldn't 

Hold you back.