The Weather Report: iv.

What is true love?

Love that goes halfway,
love that cannot find
the muster to go the
extra mile when need be
is not love at all.

Love that doesn't take risks,
doesn't answer the beckoning
call to serve, lead the way
isn't love at all.

Love that cannot find
a sure footing, an unswerving
foundation on which it can stand
isn't love at all.

Love that only pays lip service
to a special someone,
never truly means the words
it says out loud -
how could it be love at all.

How could it be otherwise:
love that takes risks,
lives in sincerity,
finds a secure place
on which it can stand
unshaken -

now that
is truly love at heart,
love to live for,
to represent wholeheartedly
for life.