4   ...  :``..':           6Some say love it is the river
4    : ````.'   :''::'     6that drowns the tender reed.
4  ..:..  :     .'' :      6Some say love it is a razor
4``.    `:    .'     :     6that leaves your soul to bleed.
4   :    :   :        :    6Some say love it is a hunger
4    :   :   :         :   6an endless aching need.
4    :    :   :        :   6I say love it is a flower
4     :    :   :3..''''``::.6and you, its only seed.
4      : 3...4:3..'     .''   6
3      .'   .'  9.::::3'     6It's the heart afraid of breaking
3     :..'''``9:::::::      6that never learns to dance.
3     '         `9::::      6It's the dream afraid of waking
3                 `9::3.     6that never takes the chance.
3                  `9::     6It's the one who won't be taken
3                   9:::3.   6who cannot seem to give,
3        ..:```.:'`. 9::3'`. 6and the soul afraid of dying
3      ..'      `:.: 9::    6that never learns to live.
3     .:        .:``9:::    6
3     .:    ..''     9:::   6When the night has been too lonely
3      : .''          9::   6and the road has been too long,
3       :             9::   6and you think that love is only
3                      9:   6for the lucky and the strong,
3                       9:  6just remember in the winter
3                          6far beneath the bitter snows
3                          6lies the seed
3                          6that with the sun's love in the spring
3                          6becomes the rose.....
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3                          3Words by Amanda McBroom