Love is patient,
I was never one for waiting
love is kind.
or always being good
It does not envy,
but I wanted what my boys had
it does not boast,
while they claimed to be tougher than me
it is not proud.
I was scared too
It is not rude,
and to discount your baby sister
it is not self-seeking
because you wouldn't understand
it is not easily angered,
and saw the other end of fury
it keeps no record of wrongs.
is impossible to forget
Love does not delight in evil
and your fear gave me hope
but rejoices with the truth.
because nobody knew
It always protects,
why "the babied one"
always trusts,
avoided him
always hopes,
until one day
always perseveres.
everything was fine
Love never fails.
because we can't fear what we forget
But where there are prophecies,
but little girls grow up
they will cease;
walls stop working
where there are tongues,
and on that day
they will be stilled;
they will want
where there is knowledge,
to make someone understand
it will pass away.
but confidence is fleeting
For we know in part
because truth would change everything
and we prophesy in part,
could ruin everything
but when perfection comes,
at least what I have
the imperfect disappears.
but can I take the chance
When I was a child,
that someone would understand
I talked like a child,
that truth wouldn't shame me
I thought like a child,
now that I realized
I reasoned like a child.
the little girl knew
When I became a man,
and who are you
I put childish ways behind me.
to act in a way
Now we see but a poor reflection in a mirror;
that would make others treat me badly
then we shall see face to face.
as if the blame was mine
Now I know in part;
because I denied them
then I shall know fully,
when they were right
even as I am fully known.
but not about me
And now these three remain:
and that little girl is all grown up
faith, hope and love.
trying not to be scared
But the greatest of these is love.
and cries over who to trust with love