Heart’s Retrospect

When love takes you down
With a beck­on­ing smile
When love cuts your mind
With emo­tion­al razors
When you’re on the brink
Between two worlds
When you’re unable to cry
Because the tears are gone
When all of life’s wonders
Have turned into sad regret

So many nev­er see
That love this is not!

For true love is … caring
Not incon­sid­er­ate or hateful
True love is sharing,
Not fear­ful nor hoarding
And last, it is honest,
Not decep­tive or deadly.

For the ties that bind
Hold true and fast
And heed these words
To make love last.