Selfish and Selfless

His soul was so achingly brave in its readiness to love.

In his choice to see the beautiful soul in a world enveloped in malignance.

To subject his entirety to potential devastation is an act not many can attest to.

Some believe that to love is to be happy,

Yet where is the joy in allowing one's life to spin into turmoil?

Love is selfless,

Like an plague, it seeps into his normal, infecting every crevice of his life.

Like an addict he derives a decadence unlike no other, 

from devoting his existence to another 

Love is selfish