Dead In Two Steps

The first step towards dying
That slipper slope lying
Refusing to let lose love
By removing life's guilt glove

For they who refuse to love
Never know the joy of lift
The balm for life is loving
Self, recipient gifting

How sad we don't love ourselves
Putting needs on higher shelves
This crest in the road call life
Is both juggler and the knife

Expressions in love brings growth
The steps to death, love' in both
Of all those who ever lived
Death's dread is the love livid

The second step in dying
Holding back love, for crying
Who did you wrong and their why's
Let it go, in the soft sighs

Love, the gift you give yourself
Rivers of power in stealth
Released freely without care
Long life is to those who dare

I would that your soul prosper
With love sweetly in practice
Why take two steps in dying
Like breath, love takes less trying