Why is it not all for naught to you
when I break all of your oaths and willfully pursue
my own pleasures?
Why is it that you, with deep desire welling forth,
look upon me tenderly with grace-filled eyes
like a lover gazing back upon pregnant wife?
Why is it that I find freedom
when I lose all control and abandon myself
to simply live in your perfect desires?
Why is it that you bid me
to go the extra mile in love and likeness to you
rather than out of mere obligation?
Why is it that your love does not stop
for just those I like or call "friend"
but compels me to my knees to bid prayerful honors upon those who hate me?
Why is that I am called your friend and fellow heir
though I act just as those who hate both me and you
hurling insults, marring and scarring wounds upon a creation you called "good"?
Why is that you send your waters
upon your beloved and your yet-to-be Shulamite,
blessing and gracing both with equal, unmerited provisions?
Why is it is that your family extends
beyond flesh and bone and blood piercing the darkness,
enabling countercultural living to become a perfected and pleasing reality?
... because that IS your UNconditional love.
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