The Undertones

Double minded. Fearful. Unfaithful.
Can I give these up
And love someone unconditionally?
Can I let go of my own self
And embrace someone as my own?
Am I brave enough to love?
Can I go beyond passion to pain
And still find myself deeper in love?
Am I strong enough to say no to everyone else
And say yes to him?
Am I ready to embrace the "zeroing in" this involves
The narrow road it entails, the limitations it carries?
Can I speak up for him
When supposedly, my peers disapproves of him?
Can I loosen my ambitions
And integrate them with his?
Can I love what he loves?
Treasure his memories, his stories-just as he does?
Can I love his family, his friends?
Can I walk the second mile
When he fails me?
Can I forgive his shortcomings?
Can I say,"I love you" and mean it?
Can I feel and share his pain?
Can I accept him sick and battered
Defeated, discouraged, broken...?
Would I still believe in him
When no one else does?
Would I be proud of him and what he stands for
Even if the world condemns him?
Can I accept his passions?
Can I exult in his exaltation?
Can I accept him ugly and smelly?
Can I face his anger, his frustration
And still be patient with him?
Can I "donate" my organs for him?
Can I live just anywhere with him?
Can I accept that he cannot give me everything?
Can I let go of my desire for relationships he can never provide?

Would I still be interested in him
When he is blank and mundane?
If he should lose his charm, his possessions?
Can I accept his tantrums?
Can I accept his eccentricities?
And all the things that come with age?
Would I hold onto him
Till death do us apart?

Do I love him?
Can I wait for him
Even if it means years?

O good Lord! Yes!!