Eph 5:29

For no one hates his own flesh but rather

nourishes and cherishes it,

even as Christ does the church.

Augustine

What I needed most was to love and to be loved,

eager to be caught. Happily I wrapped

those painful bonds around me;

and sure enough, I would be lashed

with the red-hot pokers or jealousy,

by suspicions and fear,

by burst of anger and quarrels.