An Olympic Gold Medal Receiver! Poem by Long Tooth

To become good receiver requires your permission,
It's hard to give aid to a life that needs nothing,
For some "to not have" can seem weakness admission,
And absence is suddenly made into something.

In love, I can choose to "need" all that you offer,
The fact that you offer might be why I want it,
Just letting you into my life makes me tougher,
I exercise empathy, stand on no pulpit.

But gold medal status can't make one accept gift,
You're always at choice in accepting, rejecting,
Accepting too much gives a friendship a short shrift,
And love isn't served when a friend is projecting!

For someone to give there's receiver requirement,
You sense now receiving is also gift giving?
Grace says we can't win points by any endearment,
What contest? Let's move on to loving and living!

The Bible does tell us that 'giving is better, '
But 'works never save you' is God to the letter,
For 'giving' tricks some to think they're in control
(Though Grace is in fact only hope for the soul.)

Long Tooth
May 29,2017