True Love

We talk about love

And the happiness of it

About being in love

And the romance in it

But do we really know

What that word means

Can we ever truly go

Beyond what it seems

Unconditional love

Means something so much more

It means giving everything

Till you’re empty to the core

Love means a shattered heart

It means pain and rejection

When there is nothing left to give

It means giving once again

It means caring and giving

Even when you fully know

That there will be no return

From the love that you show

It means seeing a homeless man

And the filth in which they live

Crying with a broken heart

For something more to give

It means going the extra mile

For someone who has betrayed you

It means giving out of pain

And knowing brokenness as you do

How can a human being

Living on this darkened earth

Truly love in that way

Without finding death first

True love does mean death

And I think that is why

In order to follow Him

Jesus said that we must die