Train Our Love
train our love
that it may grow
slowly...deeply...steadily;
till our hearts will overflow
unrestrained and readily.
discipline it, too,
dear God,
strength of steel
throughout the whole.
teach us patience
thoughtfulness,
tenderness, and
self-control.
deepen it
throughout the years,
age and mellow it
until, time that finds us
old without,
within,
wil find us
lovers still.
-ruth bell graham
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