If you want love to work.
You must understand the effort it takes.
For the less you put in.
The less you're going to get out.

A one sided love doesn't last for long.
If felt unneeded or unworthy.
It soon will be gone.

You don't cave in when trouble is minor.
And you don't stay in it.
If love is abusive.
Your self esteem will be defeated.

But the truth lies in the statement.
The less you put in it.
The less you will get out of it.

Life isn't easy.
So why should love be?
Hadn't we learn anything since the days of Adam and Eve.
Did they depart?
Or simply stay together through their trouble storms.
Even when they realize they once hardly had anything on.

Love has it benefits.
Love has it consequences.
More than anything it has its rewards.