Agape Love
Love most speak of is lust
Dependent upon reciprocation
But pure love is a fragrance sublime
Entwining our soul with all of God’s creation
Gods in human form: they walked among us
Mother Teresa and Gladys Staines
Living examples of agape love
To free us from chains
Mother gave herself fully
Devoted in service of mankind
When a mob burnt her children alive
Staines said, ‘forgive them for they’re blind’
Scriptures are replete with such illustrations
Of unconditional love so demonstrated
Love effervescence is an outpouring
Light that cannot be truncated
Take the crucifixion of Jesus
He could, had He wished, escape
Yet to demonstrate resurrection, He died
That our lives likewise we too may so shape
To become as such, love enabled is our goal
Looking not at outer form but God within
For He dwells as breath in each form
Known when heart’s free from sin
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