Half-Loved

I asked myself with trembling breath

“Why am I so alone?

Has no one ever seen my heart?

When can I feel at home?”

 

A quiet voice came bursting through

To whisper soft and clear,

It gently cautioned me to stay

And beckoned me to hear:

 

“Don’t pull yourself away from pain

It only builds up walls

You push away the ones you love

Til’ none are left at all.

 

True love is not an easy road

It’s risky and it’s hard

But loving is still better than

A life of no regard.

 

The more you give yourself away

The more you’ll be filled up

For when you give just half your heart

You’ll only feel half loved.”

 

– R. M. Lemont