sorenbarrett

A one way street

Does your hunger to be loved

lead you to look for the food of recognition?

Is it a selfish trade gloved, shoved

to satisfy your masked ambition?

 

Saying “I love you”, do you wait to hear “I love you too”?

Isn\'t it lustful to steal happiness from another\'s smile?

Those we care for cause us the most pain it is true

why subject your chosen to the taste of your bile?

 

Are you willing to be hated by the one you love to guarantee their joy?

Can you put your need to be loved behind?

Love is felicity in sacrifice not freedom to destroy

To give more than all that you find

 

You are responsible for everything you love

Not only life but your happiness would you offer for another,

satisfying all their whims and infant tirades,

crucified for their sins suffering the pains of the greatest lover, a mother?