What lies beyond love <br />Seems to be an unknown country <br />An unprotected landscape through which run wild <br />All hearts unguarded <br /> <br />It seems to be a greater love yet <br />More magnificent than we may ever know <br />Unless we could dissolve in its purity <br />And yield our selves for whatever it might be <br /> <br />The only gateway to permanent bliss <br />Is a sacrifice of self on behalf of greater love <br />Which is not God exactly but <br />Something human yet <br /> <br />Of course it is for this love that I long <br />And the remote possibility of knowing it <br />Presents me with a reason to live when oblivion <br />Could be much easier to play with and embrace <br /> <br />I long for whatever lies beyond love <br />Like the distant lover that I miss <br />Most endlessly, accepting the pain <br />Of reaching out but never touching her.<br /><br />Frank Bana<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/beyond-love/
