If you want love, give love
How can you be loved if
you can’t love?
How could you be respected
if you can’t respect?
How can you be forgiven
If you can’t forgive?

How can you be loved
if you don’t have dignity?
How can you be loved
if you don’t have humility?
How can you be loved
if you have pride?

How can you be loved
if you have wrath?
How can you be loved
if you’re a foe to others?
How can you be loved
if you’re deceitful?

How could you be trusted
if you’re not truthful?
How could you be loved
if you’re aggressive?
How could you be protected
if you can’t protect?
How can you be loved
if you’re an insolent person?
How can you be loved
if you’re a snake that bites
other people?

All these things are made by love
So if you want love
just give love
to people
as you love
yourself.