Life's True Love

There once was a young man who set his heart upon true love.

He searched and searched for this sweet vision from above.

Alas, after many years and to no avail,

He was weakened to arrive at a point of utter betrayal.

With head sunk so low, his autumn sky filled with sorrow,

With nothing for hope and an empty tomorrow.

Then along came Wisdom asking, "What troubles you son?"

"Dear stranger, I am heartbroken to find love's chosen one."

"Ah, my son, there is but one reason for your desperation,

what you seek is yourself - beyond that, you'll find no consolation."

"Then all is lost...there is no one but me."

"Precisely, my boy, for that is all you can see."

And the young man left perplexed, his heart forever to grieve,

for until he looks beyond himself for love defined, he will neither recognize it to give or to receive.

Nate


"But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us." Romans 5:8