Love’s hearts & flowers
Often lasts only a matter of hours
You see, when love is new
There’s no wrong doing the new love can do
But the sweetness falters with time
Which is truly love’s sad crime
The more you get to know about a person
The more undesirable things you learn about them
But wouldn’t it be nicer
If every new thing you learned became an enticer
Expect flaws in another
See faults as interesting facts about the other
No one is perfect, not even me or you
But there’s lots of great things that we both do
So when love’s hearts and flowers
Goes past the first infatuating hours
Embrace the richness of a person’s entirety
Explore the full background of the things you see
Even if the relationship doesn’t last, don’t let the love go astray
There were qualities that infatuated you on that first day
They sparked your interest
So treat those qualities with respect
Your intuition found something compatible
Now keep some love for what’s agreeable
Love’s smitten hearts and flowers
May only last a few hours
But loving for friendship can always go on
Never stop adding love to the world and love will have won