From the works of JJ Owens, Promises

UNCONDITIONAL LOVE

Have you ever found yourself in love just

      for the sake of Love itself?

     Love does possess a power and

           life of its own.

First, to capture one's passion,

then with a self-giving ability, it

creates truth and inspires virtue.

It constrains the will, quickens the senses

and challenges motive and intentions.

Self-denial and personal sacrifice

are her distinguishing characteristics.

Love unconditional is that rare

        and precious gift.

It occurs once, maybe twice in a lifetime.

      It finds one in ten thousand.

Never to be misconstrued with the

     self-serving, self-seeking

common-place events so wrongfully

 taken for loving relationships.

Whether short lived or given to longevity,

such mutual manipulations of mind and body

          can but hold dull,

dimming reflections in tarnished wares

held in comparison to Love's cherished

       crystal clear brilliance,

marked by unconditional gracious favor.

So, if by chance you find yourself to be,

Love's Honoree, in receipt of this rarity,

whatever you do, don't turn it away.

Receive its honesty and learn its ways.

jj owens