The idea of a grand romance
is nothing more than fairy tale
but that doesn’t make love some kind of lie
No, actually, it gives it more importance
Because love is as much choice as conseqience
Love is one part infatuation
a little splash of light obsession
and a whole lot of commitment
finding yourself in someone else
building your own happiness
out of watching them find theirs
A willingness to sacrifice
your comfort for their necessity
and sometimes getting little in return
besides the satisfaction
that someday they might return the favor
when they realize just what you’ve done for them
Of course, you can’t expect it back
Love should be given freely
but in a world where the strong survive
sometimes love is all we have
and we hoard it like a pile of gold
Other times we’ve been burned by failure
learned to hold back lest we give
too much to someone incapable
of giving in return
But still we must give love
for it is meant to power the world
and in its absence we’ve filled the void
with things that don’t belong there