For love is patient

So long, so very long, since the coal has burst to flame
I have trained with restraint the green eyed monster cursed to flame

For love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy
I would not have my love for y0u eternally accursed to flame

I lost you, yes I lost you, and I often wonder if
jealousy displayed by me, betrayed me, was coerced to flame

As your eyes left mine, as your soul sought hers: I burned
Yet, love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth it bursts to flame

In love, for love, I banked my jealous flame in eternal ice
for love's not proud, not rude, it's not self-seeking, so I put my worst to flame

My memories of y0u, a gift freely given, and so released
for I hope, and trust, we'll be blessed and love will not release d curse to flame