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Who is this Love?

By Nafumjromwami

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Love! Why are you so expensive?Why do you cause pain in me?I have longed for you!I have asked you to be with me and in me.Yet your response has always been:“If you want to be with me         Let go of your pride, Let go of you selfishness, Let go of your self-centeredness, Let go of your prejudices, Let go of your biases…”And you still demand more from me:my self-sacrifice, dying to the self, my openness to you, my self-giving to you…You leave me with nothing for my selfYou destroy what I stand forYou destroy my egoTrue Love is costly Written November 27th, 2001 © on Nov 27 2001 05:20 AM PST   0 • 8

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"Love! Why are you so expensive?Why do you cause pain in me?I have longed for you!I have asked you to be with me and in me.Yet your response has always been:“If you want to be with me         Let go of your pride, Let go of you selfishness, Let go of your self-centeredness, Let go of your prejudices, Let go of your biases…”And you still demand more from me:my self-sacrifice, dying to the self, my openness to you, my self-giving to you…You leave me with nothing for my selfYou destroy what I stand forYou destroy my egoTrue Love is costly..."

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