Do you love who you are when you are with them?
Will you love being bright when they feel quite dim?
Do you love who they have made you to be?
Would you give up your you to be part of their we?
What good is a yes if it’s not from the heart?
And what good is “I do” if you still feel apart?
True Love is a Grace only few will receive;
it’s in that special union that you must believe.
For Faith is the root from which real love can grow;
and understanding allows even unknowing to know.
So take heart! Have courage, my waywardly son:
few have achieved what seeks to be done.
But when you have someone who’s patient and caring,
the hard, scary things seem just a little less daring.