The More Love You Get

A poem about life for the innocent as they grow older.

When the sanctity of innocence
And the pure feelings of trust wane
From the days of carefree youth
Into the colder, lifeless abyss of the Fall,
We begin to appreciate that
Life and love are what we make of it –
That neither exists to please our ever ripening souls.
Our nourishment from spirit and worldly deeds
Are in abundance amid a changing climate
Of truth and substance
That does not apparently need us
To strive for it. 
Love becomes a commitment to a Higher Power
And an excellence in learning,
And experience has taught us the many approaches
To handle both ubiquitous and uncommon situations. 
Remarkable how lovers handle love with decency and concern,
Spreading those intimate vows of pleasure and caring
To the young children whose lives they touch,
While the loveless and forgotten learn that the struggle to exist
Knows no decency or concern.
Even God knows that
The more love you get,
The more love you give,
And that love is consistent, true, and honest
In even its most depreciative form…