You Have not Loved

You have not loved

If pains of separation

Did not ache you heart.

Waiting for a smile, and

Slightest hint

Did not turn your days

Into endless nights,

You have not loved.

You have not loved if

Raging fires of jealousy

Did not burn a hole

In your heart,

Rejection did not

Send you

To a bottomless pit

Of depression

Where no light shined,

If you have not experienced

Desperation of loneliness,

The empty feeling of

The world coming to an end,

You have not loved.

And from the pain,

The heart ache,

The raging fire,

Endless darkness,

You rise

Like the Phoenix

And learn to

Let go

Of your love

With a smile,

You have loved.