THE PAINFUL PART OF LOVE
By Bill Cottringer
Yes, love is blissful and joyful,
But it can be awfully painful too;
Because it forces us to grow
Past our frail human flaws—
Trying feverishly to control it,
Wanting desperately to possess it,
And wanting what we want from it.
But in the end all we can really do
Is let go and experience love as it is
And accept where it can take us,
Without our private expectations
Or our personal and selfish desires.
Of course doing this is impossible,
Being we are human, weak and all.
There is but one real consolation—
No matter what the pain,
There will always be gain;
And all we can do is learn
What we still need to earn.
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