The Decision

I told you once,

Long, long ago

That love is not an emotion;

It is a decision.

Most people let

Their emotions decide for them,

But that is the sort

Of lack of discipline

That causes so many problems

In our world today.

I set as lord

Over the passions of my heart

The constant logic of my head.

I decided I would love,

But not one over the other,

And not one more than the other,

And all people in the same way.

Cool in the fire,

Warm in the snow;

Nothing could shake me—

But you were there.

So then I decided

To walk in the fire,

To walk in the snow

Alone—

Then my heart and my head decided

I loved you all along.