Love Never Fails

 

 

The month of love

That’s what February is called,

I will not contest the notion

It’s not so with all.

 

But by the majority,

Even if you still don’t agree,

The best month of the year

Must be February.

 

Yes, I do have a bias

But let us get past this

Lest the real point to be made

You actually miss.

 

 

Love never fails!

This is the point to be made

Then, please tell me, if you will,

Why marriages get derailed.

 

It’s not love that fails

But people often forget

To put love at the very front

When becoming upset.

 

Self being highlighted

Becomes the intrusion

That grows bigger and bigger

And causes confusion.

 

The praises say I

And the blame says you

And there is nothing but good

That I ever do.

 

It is not so with you

My argument will go

And where the fracas will end

We never know.

 

 

But if love is foremost

When conflicts assail

We would agree unanimously

Love can never fail.

 

It’s a universal salve

That works every time,

It does not matter the person;

It’s never unkind.

 

It is not far-fetched

As some people opined

And not of the wishy-washy hype

We so often find.

 

 

 

Love never fails

As long as it is applied,

Relationships grounded in it

Will always abide.

 

It is not the eros type

Or even the filial kind,

Rather, it is the agape sort

Or love divine.

 

This love never fails,

It is enduring and strong

And relationships built on it

Will be life-long.

 

Stewart Russell © February 17, 2025