It split you apart You bled free tears to rejoice You discovered words in your heart You found a new self and a devout voice It slit you in half It took away your weakness Superseded it with new wings of life To fly you to where belonging is endless It is called love It is the audacity of a fragile soul walking though a menace It is a sacrifice for nothing with everything you will ever have It is the evanescence of hopelessness and a luminance of desire