Fleeting Love...

Friendly concerning love
pleases and delights, with
responses intent on fun.

Warm affectionate love
comforts and listens, but
secretly expressed burns.

Selfish shameful love
impresses and flatters, but
considers only the moment.

Impatient passionate love
dreams and devours, yet
boiled fast cools quickly.

Shared longing love
creates and destroys with
the same words wheels turn.

Realistic practical love
challenges and defends; so
conscience deprives its end.

Final opportunistic love
seeks and sows desires, yet
knows time will steal it away.

Restrained parting love
lingers and grieves, yet
pretends life goes on.

Separated solitary love
wallows or diverts, to
feed or choke the past.

Patient considerate love
allows space and time, and
hopes pause in anguish.

Selfless undying love
surrenders and frees, and
dies to bring rebirth.

Responsible decisive love
cannot rest (forgive me)
until you are safe and found (in Him).

Deepest love (He knows)
requests (if you permit) to
hear from you and pray.

© Sept 1993, Alan C Dougall