Love Was Just a Theory

Love Was Just a Theory

Love was just a theory that I had heard about time and time again,
But it might as well have not existed for all the good it did.
I have cried seas of tears,
I have bled out until I am down to my last drops,
And I have never seen a drop of love.
Where was love then?

You would think I would catch a glimpse;
Or a glimmer at the least,
But this elusive love was nowhere to be seen.

Where was this thing called love?
Did it even exist?
And if it did; 
Where was love when I needed it?

It took me half a lifetime to see what people meant;
It took me half a lifetime to find an open heart willing to share the love within it.
And it will take me half a lifetime for my own heart to learn and grow, 
So I can go out into the world and share the love I know.

Because love is just a theory,
And until you feel it within your heart,
You will never know what love is;
You won’t even know where to start.