Only love can understand love.

Nothing more shallow can plumb
to the core and only deep
can call to the depths of another.

Whether we meet love's many needs
depends upon floods
we have been through ourselves.

If we have been living near to the
surface we cannot grasp
love's profound underneathness.

Feet merely planted on greenest of
ground will not be fitted
to lift others deep in quick-sand.

For only love understands love.