The Ways of Love

We speak of love and sing of love,

Call for love and pray in love,

And yet we can’t seem to find

Common grounds that lead to love,

Bring us love or fuel our love.

We let our fears rob us blind.

Until we understand

The building blocks that forge demand

We will never realize

The things of love that lead to love,

Build our love and keep our love.

It takes far more than compromise.

The answer's right before our eyes.

To give food and shelter from life’s bitter squall,

To offer a soft shoulder when tears start to fall,

To gather in your arms those too weak to crawl,

Those are the ways of love.

To hear with an open mind the swings of a heart,

To overlook those many things that may set us apart,

To forgive transgressions before problems may start,

Those are the ways of love.

To speak the truth and seek out the same,

To pour out hope and cast out all blame,

To learn from trials, freed from shame,

Those are the ways of love.

To look upon each breath as a moment to share,

To reach out to others and show them you care,

To never turn away from a burden you may bear,

Those are the ways of love.

Those are the ways,

Those are the ways of love.