The love we give…

Let me love 

you as 

I could,

Not as you will 

or as I need to.

For love, 

to linger, 

have to be free,

and what 

you want for 

is not me.

You may 

love me 

as you will,

but I should 

spurn you, 

as I need to.

For although 

love 

is a desire 

that's loose,

once made, 

it approach 

that you love me.

Only you? 

I would possibly love,

or 3 or 4.

As would possibly you.

For love 

will ever have 

its way,

regardless what 

we do 

or say.

Those who say 

that they love 

love handiest 

one - themselves.

For you

Confuse it 

with love, 

whose way

Is willed, 

regardless 

what you assert.

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