Love

Soft and enclosing;
harsh and controlled.
Do as you wish
or do as you’re told.

Scorched by fire
or warmed by the glow.
Passion imagined
and passion you know.
The heart takes the strain,
whether pounding with lust
or beating with joy
for the one that you trust.

Yet moments intrude
when pain bites deep,
terror of losing
what the heart needs to keep.
Worries made clear
can slice for the faith
that the soul holds esteemed
and wants to keep safe.

Through trials, through pain
it fights on your side.
One thing required,
true love inside.