Love seemed an appropriate topic to contemplate at the end of Valentine's Day week although the day seems more about selling flowers, cards, chocolate and restaurant reservations than love. I tried chasing down love in my recent song Just Love. Openly expressing love can be difficult. There is a vulnerability that the expression of love elicits. Love may not be returned or worse yet, rejected. Perhaps it is an oversimplification to just love. Just love yourself. Just love those around you. Not an end but maybe a start.
just love
everybody needs a place to go
everybody needs a way to know
that they're just loved
why do we hurt the ones we love
why can't we lift them up
instead of putting them down
and just love
we'll only be here for a very short time
to lie in the sun and drink sweet wine
and just love
it will all be here and then be gone
instead of harsh words
and singing sad songs
let's just love
you can find it in your heart
if you look deep enough
you'll find the only thing
that we really need now
it's just love
it's hard to just love
in a world full of hate
but if we just start now
it won't be too late
to just love
i'm not going to try
i'm just going to do
if you joined with me
then we would make two
we need more giving
less taking away
if we start right now
we'll get there someday
to just love
because deep inside every one of us
there's something brighter than gold
waiting to shine out
we keep it covered up in a layer of clay
we've got to start washing it off some day
with just love