Love Defined

Love Defined You say you want to be with me Then these truths you must know Because, my love, you have to see It’s more than the feeling we show True Love does not want to control It, instead, will yield and submit From deep within the very soul Where the flame of love stays lit To me, it should always be you first And you should put me first today Though sometimes we hunger and thirst I will show you the most excellent way Love will wait as long as it takes And return only kindness despite all Contented in itself, and what it makes It lives without the prideful fall Love cannot disrespect you or me And will never insist on having its way Neither will it react wrathfully It will forget the wrong of yesterday Love does not exist in wicked deeds But will flourish in what’s pure It guards our hearts as delicate seeds Ever faithful, it is always sure Love is hope when we don’t see it It stays the course when we fall And will carry us out of the pit Giving awesome joy to us all Many have said it really hurts so Though in truth that love is not real For if it’’s true love, you’ll always know It will be so much more than you feel It is our imperfections, so hard to admit That will cause love to take the blame For love, perfect and pure, will never quit It is us that want to make love a game