Non-Profit
Love
They don’t ask for much, when they ask
for love.
It’s just one obvious thing, really.
Their romance is a cocktail of
flirtation, passion, desire, and eternal willingness to make it survive.
Survival is key.
A person in non-profit love will do and
give everything in their power (and even those not in their power) to believe the
love promised, is received.
They wait by the mailbox for their
promised package to arrive;
They are willing to drive to the post
office if the carrier didn’t find them home;
They are even willing to fly to the
place of origin and avoid the sender spending on postage.
A person requesting a non-profit love
doesn’t ask for much
And is willing to do the work of both
people as long as they’re promised what they so desperately want.
This person stares at unreasableness and
impossibility dead in the eyes, but still manages to rescue hope and
possibility;
They see a crashing plane and still desire
to buy a ticket.
These are the most selfless (masochist)
people just behind traveling nuns and members of the Peace Corps.
I’ll
give my blood, my marrow, or my entire heart, if it’s asked of me.
They are like soldiers in a way,
But instead of a country,
Their loyalty is to a human being that
you will never see;
Their devotion is to a human being that
will give no profit of love.
These are the bravest and most selfless people
alive
Because they willingly go into a burning
building they know they won’t escape from.
They don’t ask for much, when they ask
for love.
It’s just one obvious thing, really.
But sadly, they never receive it.
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