Never                                a word
I’ve                               feared
more.                              Never
needed                                a label
for adore.                               Never
a word                                    I’ve
desired                               for.
Never                               needed a
word to                               make my
heart sore.                               This four
letter word                          that strikes
fear.                                    A four
letter word                               that I desire
to hear.                               This four letter word
that can burn                               and sear.
A four letter word that’s always held dear.
What a four letter word can do to the soul.
                                                     What it can do
                                                     to a heart of
                                                     solid coal.
                                                      What a four
                                                     letter that people
                                                      extoll.
                                                      What is this L-O-V-E
                                                     that we try to control?