Description
From Chapter 89, “Thank You,” of It’s Impossible by J H McIntosh — Act III: Trust and Letting Go.
"Somehow you knew one drop would awaken a thirst too deep to ever be shaken." Aaron’s words reveal he is coming to understand why Belle did not choose him. She's not ready and he realizes she may never be ready for the kind of love he has for her. His love respects limits and embraces restraint. It doesn’t demand anything but offers freely. The song brings a quiet reassurance that even in silence or absence, love can nurture and shape us into better versions of ourselves. His love endures and fills him with a hopeful and sincere appreciation for the deeper dimensions of this love he has been given for Belle.
Lyrics
You never gave the crumbs even dogs eat,
Still I would gladly kneel to wash your feet.
It took time to see silence was not absence,
But your mercy led to the right balance.
I wondered if it was cruelty,
Or a kindness wiser than me.
Somehow you knew one drop would awaken,
A thirst too deep to ever be shaken.
Without unconditional love to give,
Unreturned love is too hard to live.
What I never had cannot be lost,
Exploding love is not without cost.
So thank you for the boundaries,
For the strength I never saw in me.
You returned love with your restraint,
Wisdom like that has no complaint.
Before you, love kept a ledger,
Give if return I could measure.
You shattered the math without trying,
Give-to-get no longer applying.
This love doesn’t demand,
It will never command.
True love gives without receipts,
Anything less would be deceit.
Your silence, your restraint,
Not lesser for what ain’t.
I rose above flesh and flame,
I’m stronger for bearing the pain.
This love called forth a better man,
Taught me right where I should stand.
That’s not romance, that’s transformation,
That’s grace finding its destination.
If someday you’re ready to be friends,
Where love beyond the flesh transcends.
That gives without needing to take,
And loves you asleep and awake.
God’s love is seen when unanswered,
When we love anyway, unhampered.
Through this love, His plan came to be,
The one He always meant for me.
I walk on though love is not over,
Grateful you taught me composure.
I see now you are the triumph of my life,
And I carry that forward into the night.
