For true love you must search and suffer
Turn over rocks and date some jerks.
You must venture out leading with your soul
Knowing to have that heart injured is but
A small part of the glorious process.
You can’t change a true love
Sincerity needs no adjustment, only understanding.
Look beyond the sparkly haze of dating and dinners
To the lonely days you’ll wait, feeling rundown;
Needing a sympathetic ear to listen and console.
Is your spirit lifted and renewed
When you’re a couple once again?
When you spouse asks how you’ve been
Then waits quietly for the answers
That is true love.
Do you take an active part
In what he does and hopes to do?
Do you dote, discipline and care for your family
While still keeping the precious times for two?
Nurture your love and it will stay true.
Can you picture sitting quietly on a porch
Wordlessly enjoying each others company?
Knowing the arguments are only worry in disguise.
True love remains thick and surrounding
Unspoken but gentle and caring.
Please wait for it, don’t settle.
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