To Know Love Actually
by Michael Doyle

I was just saying hello
When you started saying goodbye
I kept trying the best I know 
Being persistent in giving it my best try

Love can be and is so cruel
And I am inevitably its fool
Still, I know from beginning to end
You've been my best friend

I don't really know how it is factually
But I'd love to know love actually
It's all my flaws and egregious mistakes
That likely leads to all my heartbreaks

True love is the gift that keeps giving
It just takes a lot of forgiving
Real answers are hard to come by
Dark horses can't race, no matter how hard they try

Are we really just following the motions
As we end up faking our emotions
Are there words enough to say
Enough to get us through this day

I don't really know how it is factually
But I'd love to know love actually
It's all my flaws and egregious mistakes
That likely leads to all my heartbreaks

Love, it seems, can be total agony
When there's a million miles between you and me
There can be no worse sense of sorrow
Then, to know it will be no different tomorrow

We send our love across the text lines
With me wishing that you were really mine
Whether it's Christmas or close to Valentine's
I really wish you were truly mine

I don't really know how it is factually
But I'd love to know love actually
It's all my flaws and egregious mistakes
That likely leads to all my heartbreaks

(c) January 27, 2025   Michael Doyle
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