I am putting paid to my past
I do not want to feel the pain
Nor do I want to hear lies
From others or myself
For it seems like
The first casualty in love
Is truth itself
And in a manner of speaking
I am no longer sure
What love is
Or who I love
And who loves me
Maybe love is not that big a deal
If I have lived without it
And made it good thus far
What’s another decade or two
To take in my stride
Although I remember realizing once
That you do not ask for love
From others
Because you ask for something
That you do not already have
And, if love not be in my heart
Maybe I am that kind of guy
Who can get by without love
For God must have had
A damn good reason
For sending me into this world
With a heart without love.
Know Thyself 