4 Love is patient and kind; love is not jealous or boastful; 5 it is not arrogant or rude. Love does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; 6 it does not rejoice at wrong, but rejoices in the right. 7 Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
St. Paul 1 Corinthians 13 – Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
When I was 20-ish Suddenly Score of red trucks Flashing their lights Waking my senses From another Day of dreaming Smoke! In my flat! Up there I’m here They’re there The ones I love I’m here safe No arguments No need Just adrenaline Go First flight of stairs Second Run Smoke Blindness Hold breath Run Fourth, Fifth, Sixth Door They’re safe Smoke everywhere But we’re together Safe. I’m not a hero… When my mother Was dying Long And unjustifiable Painful Agony I would drive A milk van For weeks, months Every night, many nights Many hours To get some money To be able To go there And possibly make her suffering A little bit Easier Just for a while Should’ve done better I was not the best of sons I have spent some time Trying to help Some desperate people Find the solution To their problems As it has been Done to me Some time ago “Some time” 18 years Thousands Of hours Thousands Of miles I don’t regret the money Grateful I could help I’m not a saint though I won’t be building Cathedrals Anymore I have Probably Been Cured From that Phoney aspirations For good I saw Through somebody's eyes Who really I am And I know It is hard Too see The real value of things Through young lenses It is hard sometimes Through older Probably gets clearer Towards the end We shall learn Rather sooner now Then later So I don't blame you That you turn your gaze away Afraid of the counsequenses of a hopeless love. I won't cast the killing spell either Cause the last thing I should be doing now Is kiliing the innocent ... love, For now I can’t do Otherwise I can’t see Another way I’m going to spend The each of the days We still have Showing You Who I am And who I could yet to become But more important I will Be here for you In whatever role Or capacity It fits your purpose That’s how I have learnt To love Maybe it's stupid Underpriced On offer If you find Any value in that In me Help yourself It’s free