The Right to Love

My love and I ask little of the world

The right to sigh together in the rain

And walk with hands up in the sun

And share our joys and our pains

And yet they say that we were wrong

That we hadn't the right to our love

That this love was shameful to see

And yet we treasured our love

And so we go our solitary way

Indifferent to the cold unfriendly stares

Indifferent to the whispered talk

We don't care at all

We have all we need

As long as we can be together

We find our consolation in each other's eyes

The sweet look of wonder

We know that we have earned the precious right to love