by Kris Vaassen

Created on: June 22, 2008

What Really is Unconditional Love?

Unconditional love..
More comforting than anything on earth.
Unconditional love..
I just can't explain how much it's worth
to me.

Unconditional love..
has enabled me to finish things
I would never have started
unless I had it..
unconditional love.

Unconditional love..
wanted by all, received by few.
I wish I could offer it as a gift
to everyone I ever knew.

Unconditional love..
what is this word "unconditional" anyway
how do we explain it
and to show it, just what do we say?

Unconditional love...
some crave it all their life.
Others blow it off
so it doesn't cause them
worry or strife.

Unconditional love..
Everyone wants to be loved
in one way or another..
I always wanted to be love this way
Unconditional without bounds by my mother.

Unconditional love..
What do we do to receive it?
What can we say to bring it closer to us?
We all want it.
Where is this "unconditional love? Is it visible?

Unconditional love..
those of us who have lived a few years
realize that all the laughter or tears
simply cannot bring unconditional love into our lives
and we are content with who we are.

After all, what really consitutes "unconditional love?"
Completeness? Sensitivity to our needs?
Unconditional love..
It's all how you view it, whether you have it or not
and who you have it with.

Unconditional love..
I spent twenty-seven years of my life
trying to receive unconditional love from my parents.
Then, they told me to "go home and work things out"
with my soon to be ex.
They just couldn't understand how my marriage could go wrong.

Unconditional love...
It was time for me to be free.
My parents didn't give it to me.
My husband never knew what it was.
And they all want it to "work out."
To me, that's kind of conditional.

Unconditional love...
is no longer an issue for me.
Contentment in life and with myself is more important.
I disgraced my family by leaving a marriage I couldn't keep.
No more chance of unconditional love for me.

I guess I'll have to go on without "their unconditional love"
I have found contentment with myself.
I only wish that for my parents and soon to be ex.
As they say, all roads lead to a different place in life.
I'm ready!

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