Love

This poem is based on some of my limited experience with relationships, but I was fortunate enought that this song was able to flow very well.

Love is strange; a shot in the dark;

You think you have it figured out until it falls apart.

Times change and feelings shall pass,

Until the day comes you find happiness at last.

We search for love, but it's all in vain;

When the clocks at its end, there's nothing left to change.

Regrets fade, and memories will last,

But when you're commited to loneliness you find you're living for the past.

You try to rest, but the pictures remain,

And you try to find anything just to numb the pain,

Until one day you realize living for what could have been is all a waste of time.

That's when you realize love is undefined;

There seems to be no real commitment at the end of the line,

And you begin to think love is only meant for the blind.

Then one day she crosses your path,

And all the sudden you realize you're falling too fast.

But you don't care; you would put your heart on the line

For this angel you know is worth the fight, and to leave the past behind.

Each minute with her you find you treasure from day to day,

Until soon enough you realize all the pain has gone away.

So starts a new chapter in your life, and unafraid of its end

You count your blessings every day, thankful to start again.

I write this because I've been there;

I've felt the heartache and the pain.

Those sleepless nights when she's on your mind, and it's driving you insane.

You try to find the words to sum up how you feel,

But when you look into her eyes, the expression is all too real.

We treat love as if it's a game, but someone is always hurt in the end;

We have to remember it means sacrifice, and learning from where you've been.

I'm no saint but I can say I've been down that road before,

And I'd honestly go through all the pain again just to see what's in store.

Sometimes you've got to rely on faith, and read between the lines

Because you never know when she may come your way to change your state of mind.