Only Love Remains

Only Love Remains

By Phil Millichip

I owe you nothing, that’s what you owe me

We’ve lived our lives from duty, now my heart says let it be

The thing I called ‘love’ was giving based on fear

I believed I owed you something

Though what it was, was never clear

You owe me nothing, the same as I owe you

We were full of words like ‘selfish’, that would never do

Needing to be loved, to be seen to be

Wanting something from you

Spelled the end for me

I owe you nothing, that’s not to be unkind

Its just my heart has spoken and it’s overruled my mind

I believed you were the source of love until I found a well

That said there’s only giving

And it woke me from my spell

I owe you noting, that’s what you owe me

Until I understand this I’m not free to be

Oh I can give from duty, from fear, or even pain

But you see I owe you nothing

So only love remains