I Asked for Love

When I asked for love, 
That I might hold it in abundance 
I was given weakness
That I might succumb to it. 

And though I asked for love, 
Love never once asked for me. 
I had not known love, 
But love knew well of me. 

I asked for compliance with love, 
Though it never once held favor. 
And while I could not 
Bring myself to love, 
She loved me.

For things in Life, 
Which I love most
I cannot hold.
The things in life 
Which I hold presently,
I must not love.