Help with punctuation in these sentences (taken from a poem)

The poem is structured as below:



I loved you then and I love you now,

Despite the odd ridiculous row.

And though there’s distance,

This is true,

My love is undying and carries through.



How would I go about structuring this in a straight-lined sentence (without the breaks)? I was thinking possibly like below:



I loved you then and I love you now, despite the odd ridiculous row. And though there’s distance, this is true; my love is undying and carries through.



Any help at all is very welcome - thank you in advance