Love is...

Love is…

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To care without thought of return,

Forgive though it hasn’t been earned,

Be there for someone who’s not present,

To share every good lesson learned.

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Be kind, though your charity’s spurned,

Be true, though their back remains turned,

Rejoice when their fortune’s ascendant,

To grieve their misfortune’s return.

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So may we be blessed,

To care not the cost,

To lift up the hopeless,

To seek out the lost,

To defend what is right,

Gladsome burden to bear,

To be willing to lay down our lives,

Heaven’s mercy to share.

Let us love, though companions be few,

In humility’s hest,

As a balm, healing, comfort & calm,

Tender, sweet in love’s breast.

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To lift, though your own is laid low,

To help though it’s no one you know,

Believe it will make all the difference,

To love with impossible hope.