More Than Fire

The word love is defined as affection

As a feeling of passion and fire

A burning fueled by curves

But fire is easily extinguished

And that love is often fleeting

The love I know is strong as stone,

As mountains towering high

Steadily it perseveres

Reaching to the sky

Constant and cool

Warm, and hot

Forever

It's in my mother's exasperation

When I ignore the words she speaks

It's in the forgiveness in her eyes

When I forgiveness seek

It's my father's laugh

When he wakes us up to

Pull weeds and clean

It's in my brother's anger

That I'm often gone

And his desire to be with me

To go on adventures, to cry songs at the top of our lungs with the windows down

Love's in the questions that he asks

Again and again

In the borrowing of my shoes

Love is not a summer

Love is not a song

Love is a lifetime of holding on

Of pulling up and being pulled

Because I love,

I forget myself

Because I love

I ache for you

For your sorrow and your pain

But I know that pain is gain, so

I'll let you run your race

But I will run right by your side and

Help you keep your pace