Love Vs Cherish

There is so much talk about “love” But none at all about “cherish” One you can fall in and out of But the other doesn’t perish The latter is a decision You make each and every day To stay beside your “loved” one Whatever comes your way “Love” is like a gale force wind That knocks you clear off your feet “Cherish” is a quiet promise That you daily resolve to keep “Love” is sometimes very ruthless It leaves you giddy or half dead “Cherish” is so much the milder It’s the reasoning in your head You treasure when you do “cherish” Everything in your loved one You know after angry showers There will still be the brilliant sun You see all of the good and bad And all the degrees in between Yet you must hold close to your heart The good places that you have been “Love” is best friends with “passion” And it demands full surrender… “Cherish” is friends with “compassion” And their vow is to be tender “Love” and “Cherish” must come together In every “marriage of true minds” In the child that they conceive Is the true love you hope to find.