I Came to Love

I came to love as a beggar
Had no other choice
A dutiful servant on her knees
I came willing to clean
The corners of my pride
And cut the boundaries

I came to love as a novice
With an aim to learn
Blades of youth, I had to hone
I came to sit with the master
Who promised everything
And left me with a koan

How was I to know?
Love has its own lock and key
I had to give away
Every bit of my heart
Till love came to me

I came to love as a gambler
Playing the beauty card
Till I lost the winning hand
I came a hopeless addict
With a desperate need
To find myself in men

How was I to know?
Love has its own lock and key
I had to give away
Every bit of my heart
Till love came to me

I came to love as a rebel
Voicing my dissent
No one ever saw me cry
I came hard as they come
But when my heart was wrecked
I was last to say goodbye

Now I love as a woman
Sure of what she sings
Not a wounded sparrow to be saved
And love erased all the sorrow
Etched in my past
That heartache had engraved

How was I to know?
Love has its own lock and key
I had to give away
Every bit of my heart
Till love came to me