I Can Love

I could try to change how I feel

How I always feel

But why have another exercise

In human futility?

I remember that I'm in charge

Not of how I feel

But of what I do

With the feelings inside

Deciding if they destroy

Or if they lay still

I cannot change

The way others feel

I only know the love

That lies within me

Knowing that hating it

Will just make it that much bigger

That much harder

To keep tucked away

Not to be forgotten

But to be cherished

Knowing that love not returned

Isn’t a reflection of my heart

But that love kept

Even if kept quiet

Need not be a reminder of pain

But can be a reminder

That I know how to love

And that I can love again

My heart isn't used up

It's just got to be a little bigger

I can look back on that love

Even if it never ends

And know that it's part of me

A part never to be ashamed of

Even if it's only one way

Genuine love lives there

And with that thought

I can still be happy

Because I can love