Teach me to love with a gentle heart
That I might accept your faults and mine
Be not quick to judge and given time
Understand how to be together when apart
Teach me to kiss with gentle lips
Rather than consume with selfish greed
As if all that mattered was my need
A thirsty man gulps - a sated man sips
Teach me to speak with a gentle tongue
Not to hack and slash with words as swords
But to empower, ennoble, encourage, reward
To honour the dead, to inspire the young
Teach me to touch with a gentle hand
To stay the stinging blow, the angry grab
The derisive gesture, accusatory stab
Instead calm, befriend, help others to stand
Teach me to be all that I am not
Open my closed mind, push me further
We have the rest of our lives together
Just as well for I am a slow learner
© shaun patrick green 2013
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