Love Is Tender
Love is Tender
When a gift is from the heart
And the only cost is sacrifice
Then the gift of love will start
Yet it comes with a high price
If it is spent in a foolish way
As only fools fall for love
You know what they say
Like we all heard of
Wise ones miss the opportunity
For gifts of love God has given
So wise I would rather not be
I’ll share love while I’m living
Love is tender, gentle and kind
Even a giant can be gentle and mild
Well that’s how I see it in my mind
In matters of love he is like a child
Yes love is powerful and strong
Formed deeply into the heart
Although it doesn’t take long
To crush the sensitive part
It is still fragile, delicate and fair
A hurtful word is like a pin stick
Causing you to slowly leak air
Deflation of spirit seeps away quick
It may even be a relative of blood
To be very cruel and really snide
Or come from a step parent’s love
Knocking you mentally down inside
Like crushing you under the earth
Thus shutting every opened gate
Through levels of low self-worth
Losing the urge to communicate
Without communication
A new situation is caught
There can be no appreciation
Only fear and negative thoughts
Creating so many illusions
Of desires that will never be
False hopes and confusion
With only dreams not reality
Too many wonders of why
Blocks our next step to see
It causes a worrisome eye
If we will not just let it be
It is not easy as we go
Seeing road bumps to trip on
Where we should actually know
Instead they are stones to step upon
When love fills your heart
Don’t try to figure it out
It’s just shaping God’s art
That’s what it’s all about
Enjoy each path that is sent
Remember every little pebble
May only be a form of disillusion-ment
Not something brought on by the devil
When love comes your way
Take it easy and slow
Give of your love how you may
And the best way you know
Expecting love not in return
Never searching anywhere
You’ll soon come to learn
The right one is still not there
Keep believing that love is true
Thoughts do change situations
Even a mustard seed of faith will do
Like metaphorically moving mountains
God does have a plan for us
Just keep giving from your heart
Until someone gives you love just because
That’s when true love starts
Then you will be able to let go
And finally really surrender
For you will actually know
How true love is so tender
Florence McMillian (Flo)
Copyright © Florence Mcmillian | Year Posted 2014
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