I know the bible verse says "hope deferred",
And I'm not on an arrogant mission
To add or subtract to God's word.
But a love-slowdown or lack
As a cause of heart sickness is also a fact,
Because these days,
The words, "I love you" don't mean jack.
If you're a man, they all want to know
How your paper stacks.
Most women deny trying to be supplanters,
But check out the economic times,
Then check out female standards
Regarding marriage and relationships.
To them, no man is worth spit
If he does not come fully equipped
With expensive things
That it takes time to get,
Like a house of your own and a car.
Most females promise that you won't get far
If you don't have it all, yesterday.
At least 50k or above is the suggested pay.
I'm not calling all women gold-diggers.
I'm just noting how it's funny
That no-good brothers
Is what we are considered
If we don't have a lot of money.
How would that affect
Your love-n-life perspectives?
The sensible set partnership standards
That they live by while
Paying the cost of not being selected,
While the foolish
Go against God's directives -
Pursuing leases, loans, and mortgages
All for the sake of saying they're affording it
As adultery's and fornication's justification.
Happiness is never
At the end of that situation,
Because
Love deferred makes the heart sick.
On the cool side of the smarter,
He who finds a wife finds a good thing
Because what he has is a partner,
And in that partner is the drive to truly help
Rather than be all about herself,
And that appreciative man would give her
What her heart desires
For her personal sacrifice
Because they both paid the price
To live a better life.
But on the other side of this love ride
Lies a dark foundation
Based on selfishness and pride
Where the belief lived is based
On faith in a series of lies
Where you cannot stand good
In the hearts of women
Concerning your manhood
Without the false blessing
Of a quickly attained mass
Of material possessions
That are really not yours.
Only debt results from engaging
In all those get-rich quick schemes.
Wealth is often built with time
And often accomplished by a team;
But the plans of some kill great dreams
And cause the downfall of great kings -
Advice to King Lemuel from his mother,
Recorded in Proverbs 31.
Sadly, love deferred
Is what love has become,
And
Love deferred makes the heart sick.
You wonder why, supposedly,
There are no good men around.
Perhaps we know the sour fruit of your trees
And don't want your seeds of hatred
In our heart's ground.
We know you pray for a good man,
So God sends us to check you out,
And you may very well have faith,
But after seeing your ways and actions,
We have understandable doubts.
We know from our mistakes and trials
That not all wet stuff is gold.
Sometimes, some women are not worth
Laying claim to - truth be told.
We're not perfect either, ladies.
So don't think this poem
Is the result of some kind of grudge.
It's just that we know
That not much righteousness is in you
For all the times it's us you judge.
In the way we were designed, we love, too,
But this truth, you often deny
Then apply false judgments and standards
To us and every other guy,
And it corrupts you to the point
Where you'll reject the truth
And believe the lie,
Getting hurt time and time again,
Having the nerve to ask God why.
We are only the monsters
You made us become
When all we wanted to do in the first place
Was stand with you in love and become one.
Understand
Love deferred makes the heart sick.
And guys, don't think you're off the hook.
You'll fall in lust quick
And leap before you look,
Becoming thieves
Trying to steal the jewels of the temple,
Corrupting the treasure
Within the hearts of our sisters
Causing us who value them to suffer
Because of what you take them through
Until the pain and bitterness you feel
Begins to flow deeply within them too
Causing the cycle of distrust, division,
Condemnation, and lies to continue.
The true issue is not who's to blame.
The truth is that we all play games,
Point fingers at each other to accuse
Rather than trying
To keep real love maintained
Through times of blessing and prosperity
As well as trying and hard times.
Amazingly, we'd rather suffer the loss
Of trying to get things quickly
Outside of God
Than to team with him
And make the hard climb.
But in our hearts and our minds
The ends justify the means.
The code these days is
No mercy for the week, or so it seems.
But we fail to realize that we are weak.
Only real love can keep us strong.
That's not to say it won't be hard
Or that things won't go wrong.
What it means is that we acknowledge
That we are weak, broken, and imperfect.
And because of that,
We commit to God and each other
Because we have faith
That it will be worth it.
A true investment in love always pays off
No matter the end of the matter,
But there is no quick return or quick fix.
Keep playing with love if you want to,
Ladies and gents,
But the love or hurt
You give, you receive
Because
Love deferred makes the heart sick.
