they spoke of love together
(he spoke of loss and pain)
they shared their thoughts together
(she spoke of joy and gain)

she spoke of devotion and loyalty
(innocence and learning)
he spoke of faithlessness and fear
(hesitance and yearning)

"you see all that in love?" she asked
"nothing but to suffer--
what of the support and trust
and ecstasy, dear lover?"

he said, "I see those things
but you don't see this--
even in love, there are limits,
even in our bliss."

what she couldn't understand
is that love can't cure all
(and what a risk one takes
in hoping not to fall)

but what he didn't know
(when life throws troubles at you)
is that even when you fall
love will always catch you