Despite the Past, I Choose
What good is it to first love you
When love was never dealt?
Why should I seek to put you first
If the same has not been felt?
But who am I to make that call,
And desire to receive,
A love that cannot be deserved
But freely given sacrificially?
Because I love you I will choose
To forgive the hurt and pain.
I’ll look past the scars and aim to see
The chance to heal and mend.
Because I love you I will choose
To put your needs before my own.
Even though my ways are selfish,
I choose to love and make it known.
Because I love you I will choose
To be honest and sincere,
That way you know just how I feel
So again you would be near.
More than all these things I know
You are still valued and secure.
I choose to see the best simply because
My love for you endures.