Don't and Do

Though love didn't last 

As long as you expected,

Though it ended too soon 

And now you feel rejected,

Though you find scolding

Yourself with "I told you so"

Mollifies your "mistakes"

So you can get on with the show,

Though you've taken a 

Sacred, sincere, solemn vow

To never love again

To prevent it somehow,

Don't.

Love without fear 

Of losing again,

Love recklessly

Throwing caution to the wind,

Love like it will last

Longer than this life,

Proclaim it like freedom

With a drum and a fife,

Love like you deserve

The love coming back to you,

Love like its the first time

Like it's entirely new;

Do.

March 2015