Love: Agape

Choice
Is grasped by none other
Than thyself.

Thought
Is fashioned
Only within the barrier
Of the mind
Of the sprit
And of the soul.

Hate
Exists only
Within the realm of Choice
And in the solitude of Thought
Though it may be provoked.

Forgiveness
Is also a captive of Choice
But is compelled by Love
And is possible
Only by knowing Sin.

Fear
Is also an offspring of Choice
But can only affect
When the Unknown
Comes into its own.

Love
Is the father of Choice
And also its son
But can only survive
With Patience
Without Hate
With Forgiveness
And without Fear.

But Love can always be found
If you know
Where to begin

It begins
Before the beginning of all things
And its end
Cannot be seen.

-The Book of Peace, 1300 A. L.