Unconditional

UNCONDITIONAL If love makes us human, why must we EARN IT? If that’s what they taught us, it’s time to UNLEARN IT! Be good. Sit still. Don’t make a scene. We learned to keep the rougher parts unseen. We watched their faces, looking for the line, Then swallowed what we felt and said, “I’m fine.” A martyr slayed, a kiss in pouring rain, As if getting wet could undo heart break. We learned that jealousy was proof of care, That love was measured by what we could bear. How the hell were we supposed to know? We learned from what they chose to show. We did what we were taught to do. That doesn’t make the lesson true! UNCONDITIONAL! I want you WHOLE! I want you FREE! I want you most yourself with me. You don’t have to disappear. There’s room for all of you right here. You can need more than you give today. You can have a dream that takes you far away. You don’t owe me who you used to be. Your life is yours even while you’re loving me. Through the changes, year by year, You don’t have to earn your welcome here. UNCONDITIONAL! Whole! (Whole!) Free! (Free!) Most yourself with me! It’s “I was wrong,” without “but you were too.” It’s doing what you said that you would do. It’s making room for anger and for grace, Where telling me the truth won’t cost your place. It’s “You can call with nothing good to share. You don’t need better news to earn my care.” It’s hearing truths that shake the world I knew, And making room for more than just my view. You shouldn’t have to shrink so I feel tall, Or fear one wrong word means you lose it all. We don’t have to see things eye to eye For me to hear you out and want to try. UNCONDITIONAL! I want you WHOLE! I want you FREE! I want you most yourself with me. You don’t have to disappear. There’s room for all of you right here. You can need more than you give today. You can have a dream that takes you far away. You don’t owe me who you used to be. Your life is yours even while you’re loving me. Through the changes, year by year, You don’t have to earn your welcome here. UNCONDITIONAL! Whole! (Whole!) Free! (Free!) Most yourself with me! Who taught us love meant never saying no? Who said we had to bleed to let it show? If I would never ask this much of you, Why do I think it’s what I have to do? I wore the face I thought you’d love to see. I wore it till it felt like losing me. If I take it off, who’s underneath? Someone who deserves to BREATHE! I DON’T HAVE TO EARN IT! I’M NOT THE PRICE OF LOVING YOU! It’s parents and kids. It’s husbands and wives. It’s you and me. It’s all our lives! UNCONDITIONAL! I want us WHOLE! I want us FREE! I want you most yourself with me. We don’t have to disappear. There’s room for both of us right here. We can need more than we give some days. We can learn to love in unfamiliar ways. We can face the hurt and set our pride aside. We can stand our ground and still stand side by side. Through the changes, year by year, We don’t have to earn our welcome here. UNCONDITIONAL! Whole! (Whole!) Free! (Free!) I want you most yourself with me. I want you most yourself with me. Nothing left to prove. Nothing left to hide. Whole. Free. Most myself with you.