Love is easy.
Admiration is precious.
Love is kind and effortless
Admiration is ruthless and earned
Love costs nothing
Admiration costs a soul’s share
What is your soul but self-respect
A fusion star, a far-reaching reactor, a freewheeling factory
Self-powering, self-contained, self-sustaining
Spare not your soul for all, but know you have that to spare
For those who accept the toilsome path
For those who deny the expedient
For those who choose ambitious bonds
Those have paid the toll for discerning respect
A piece of the sun given to another sun
Neither crave it, both are grateful for the exchange
Respect burns in each others heart from the core first
Admiration is the heart’s corona flaring to a crown
Love is something else.
Something to pass the time in huddled masses
When the sun refuses to shine.
Paul Carreo 