I've been told it's wonderful,
Heart-warming even.
I've been told it's life affirming
And justifying.
I've been told there's nothing quite like it.

I've seen it be satiating,
Captivating, fulfilling.
I've seen it be gratifying,
Empowering, and completing.

But I've known it to be bitter and toxic.
I've felt the sorrow and pangs of grief it bears.
I've touched the darkness that hides on its other side.
And I know it be as dangerous as it is lovely.

Yet we can't live without it, eh?
For without it, life is just a little too dull,
And the hole, a little too large in our soul...



But no, no man can survive without love.