• Did you ever
    Love somebody?
    Do you love them
    Still?
    Will you love them for
    Days
    Months
    Years to come?

    Did you ever
    Gaze upon them
    Dreamily,
    Happily,
    Then turn away
    Heart pounding,
    Pulse racing
    When they look your way?

    Have you ever said
    Said the words -
    "I love you?"
    Ever so softly,
    Aching for those words
    To be returned to you
    Aching for an
    "I love you too?"

    Did you ever
    Feel heartbreak?
    Hopes and dreams
    Crushed and
    Trampled on?
    Did your heart
    Well up with tears
    Of fury
    Grief
    Sorrow?

    Have you ever
    Been mended?
    Heart restored
    Faith restored,
    Hope restored?
    Life shining on you
    With a new
    Light?

    I have.