Love and Pride

A Poem

Photo by Nagesh Badu on Unsplash

which of these two is the greatest — is it love or pride?
is it easier to defy or feel the warmth inside?
shall you stand on a principle that shatters your heart
or do you principally stand and watch your heartache depart?

which in love is the noblest — to be right or strong?
to say the things that must be said without the…