love is costly
but anything of value
is expensive
there are no guarantees
of tomorrow
of lifelong bliss
of fidelity
placing your heart
into the hands
of another imperfect person
it is a great risk
the greatest risk
fraught with the unknown
endless questions
unanswered until the end
change is life
but can we still love
if the one we loved
changes
can i still be loyal to another
more than i am loyal to myself
i haven’t given up on love
but i haven’t found the one
to love

© 2023 Jason A. Muckley

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The poem above I titled, “Risk of Love” was inspired through ruminations on a song by Tauren Wells, “Love’s Worth the Fight” from his album, Citizen of Heaven (2020). The lyric video is below along with the lyrics.

Love’s a war till the end
It’s a fight, I don’t know how to win
In our hands, we fall apart
Is there another chance for our broken hearts?
Can we un-break these broken hearts?

What if we live? What if we die?
What if we cave in not knowing why?
‘Cause we both lose if we don’t try
What if we believed love’s worth the fight?
What if we believed love’s worth the fight?

Love’s a game that we’ll lose
If we try to play by all the rules
Risk it all, go all the way
In the middle’s where a heart breaks
Don’t wanna feel another heartbreak

What if we live? What if we die?
What if we cave in not knowing why?
‘Cause we both lose if we don’t try
What if we believed love’s worth the fight?
What if we believed love’s worth the fight?

I won’t pretend to have the answers
All I know is that we matter
And I’ll never let you go, oh
As long as I’m alive and breathing
I will never quit believing
No, I’m never losing hope (yeah, yeah)

What if we live? What if we die?
What if we cave in not knowing why?
‘Cause we both lose if we don’t try
What if we believed love’s worth the fight?
What if we believed love’s worth the fight?
What if we believed love’s worth the fight?

Songwriters: Tauren Wells / Jordan Douglas Sapp / Charles Butler

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Get a copy of Citizen of Heaven by Tauren Wells from Amazon here.