(107) Works of Love III A
Love Is the Fulfilling of the Law
This is a law we must uphold
One day at a time
It can be how our story's told
In the name of the divine
Our love must be always present
In every single moment
Not one hour of life is absent
From love and its involvement
In love there is no compromising
As there is no excusing
Nor in some rationalizing
Of our love's abusing
If Jesus can love in the suffering
Of crucifixion and being born
We can all aspire to this one thing
Beyond time we can be sworn
There is no reward that's promised
Love is a good within itself
We have no need to be admonished
That should strive for nothing else
Yet without this love we are poverty stricken
Deprived of what makes life worth living
For when we come to love as we are bidden
It's more than the law we are fulfilling
It's the best in us that has long been hidden
Which in many ways we will find thrilling
We no longer need to feel from our self forbidden
Or the cold winds which are chilling
When we strive to be somebody
We can lose our very soul
Death ends all of our celebrity
Only love can keep us whole