The Lost Hold Of Love

Love holds your heart in a desperate grip
And it tries so hard to keep that fist tight in a losing battle
But time has a way of making it loosen its hold on you both
And it leaves you behind in a grip of your own kind
With memory feeding the feelings of pain
Where once love lived
There are only memories of happiness that bring on tears
Of an incredible lack of understanding
Of the ways of love
But still I remember you in those happier times
When the grip was tight on our hearts
And through the tears I can sometimes
Manage a smile