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Love is lawless 

Though some 

Would have you 

Believe otherwise, 

It is self governing 

Despite our best attempts 

At controlling it 

It finds you 

And does with you 

What it will 

You smile, or you cry 

You accept or deny 

You hope beyond hope 

You will it 

You want it 

You woo it 

But you never demand 

You never let it go 

Or give it up 

It holds you or it doesn't 

And though you rarely 

See it coming 

You can see nothing else in its presence 

It drowns and saves 

It condemns and delivers 

But it is always honest 

Even in its pain 

We ache for it 

From it 

Of it 

But we do not forsake 

No we pursue 

Endlessly 

Tirelessly 

Frequently 

Desperately 

Only to have it 

For even a moment 

Only to say 

We wish we'd never 

Known it 

Only to know 

Deep inside 

We would take back 

Those words 

Only to have it 

Once again 

Love is persistent 

And eager 

Soft and quiet 

Loud and hard 

It will break you 

Bare you 

And bath you 

In heat 

All in a heartbeat 

In a breath

And we concede 

To be governed 

By the lawless 

If only 

To know it 

To have it be thrust 

Upon us 

Requited or offered 

To find ourselves 

In it 

To live with love 

To be in love 

To be in 

To be 

Today, Tomorrow, 

And always 

In its path 

And on our way