Passion and Pain

i love u.
with a smiling heart i would trade places with you
to satisfy my own selfish desire of preventing you from ever knowing pain.

your heart is of no mystery to me.

gladdened by the joy of those you hold dear.

readily I would go the way of the earth a thousand times over
to lessen but a fraction of your burden

how i love u
where can you go that I would hesitate to follow after you?
whom shall i fear in battle when the prize is you?
hear me when i say you are the whole and not the half of me.
believe my love is yours in totality

seed of the MIGHTY TREE
you are the stem that became the root of all that I am
who am I without you?

I look to you and see myself

all that I am
all that I can be

all that I hope for
all that I shall be

again.

go with God.
stay with me.