Love without Strings
"Love one another as I have loved you."
He never sought to be the center
He didn't ask to be the view.
Through giving calm he waits to enter
The hearts of those too scared to love.
Once in the heart one thought infuses-
A giving love for she who chooses
To take the Love that's brought
To show us all the purest heart.
No act we owe, no prayer we mutter
Makes us worthy to live the love of another
It simply gives because it must.
Your son may punch and kick and scream
Your daughter may fight and blow off steam
And yet your love cannot diminish
Though you may chastise, scold and punish.
What might you give these children you bore?
Perhaps your life, your soul, and then some more?
So when Christ told us to love each other
Did he ever want it to stop at child and mother?
Or did he give us each other so love could be learned
As something to give with no need to be earned.
It's something meant to be
given in purity.
To see a glimpse of God's security
The blessing of love's eternity.
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