SORDID WORDS

What happened to love?

And how did I miss the boat?

It used to be about heart,

But now it just goes for the throat.

Now it's more like politics

Two contending different sides

Fraught with disagreement

And no good place to hide

Love's become a curse

And desire fuels it's fire

Patience has lost its virtue

And the stakes climb higher and higher

I've loved with some intensity

A badge I've had to wear

Love, my greatest failing

IS my cross to bear

I've tried to give it all away

Tried to love and give it freely

Try to raise them up, I'm lowered

My intentions far beneath me

I've read the greatest thinkers

Learned from all their bad decisions

Found the wisdom of the poet

Sorted dogma from religion

Found the peace that comes from silence

Searched science for its wisdom

Peeled back flowers 'til they're open

Watched water for reflection

Climbed the highest mountains

'Til the world came into view

Sought out prophets as I've traveled

Planted trees and ate their fruit

Memorized the lines from times

When thinkers were still valued

Found the voice in signs and wonders

And the ways that they can guide you

Embraced every curiosity

Became aware to serendipity

Loved déjà vu when she comes calling

With the gifts she has to give to me

But to love I'm lost forever

She's a blunt and broken sword

Translate my loss to something pretty

Into these neatly sordid words