You look at me
and see
my flaws;
I look at you
and see
flaws too.
Those who love,
know love
deserves
a second glance:
each failure serves
another chance.
Love looks to see,
Beyond the scars
And flaws,
the cause;
and scars become
an honorable badge
of battles fought
and won--
(or lost)
but fought!
The product ,
not the cost,
is what love sought.
***
God help us see
Beyond the now
To the before,
And note with tenderness
What lies between
-and love the more!
Ruth, Bell Graham