Love and Soul

If friends could meet as hearts desire
No lover would know slumber's fire

If true affection held its worth
Then hearts would meet no more on Earth

Would lonely souls in sorrow pine
Their kindred spirits would entwine.

On paths of love we meet and part
And love's own ways can break the heart.

How few discern a soul's true grace
Or see the worth in any face.

By Heaven's hand our needs are met
And at His gate our hopes are set.

Though seasons turn and swiftly flee
Our open doors shall ever be.

With careful gaze let friendships bloom
For bonds betrayed can seal one's doom.