Love Obliged

Love is the act that will keep me alive.
Until I learn to accept pain;
Oh soul, will you continue to oblige?

Pain is what comes when love seems so hidden.
Deep down I know that love isn't forbidden.

So why do my lessons come so harshly and cruel? 
Have I not learned charity?
Have I walked this earth as a fool?

I teach others that life brings no bad
but have I lost my own message?
Am I the one who has gone mad?

I suppose my journey would be the harshest of them all

To say I know love but have never felt the pain of loss?
To say I have forgiveness but not enduring at all cost? 
To say that I am judged by the color of my skin,
By those that look different from me,
but are the same from within?

To live and say I know love without living through pain.
It’s like living through 30 years of employment,
and retiring with no gain.

My conclusion to all of life's mysteries is that in order to claim freedom,
You must experience confinement.

In order to claim salvation you must experience shame.

In order to walk in love you must experience pain.

You see, my life ends when I have loved all that I could.
My life's journey is tied directly to this rule. 
So pain I welcome you to help me grow in love.
The message I am to get from here was ordained from up above.

Love is the act that will keep me alive.
Until I learn how to accept pain;
Oh soul, will you continue to oblige?

 Caringpurelove