An Ode To Love

What a splendid vista is displayed when a new dawning is begun! No mortal artist could create a canvas as magnificent as the setting sun! Mere poets can never express in their most flowing verse the beauty thereof! But of these, there is nothing, absolutely nothing more beautiful than love! Love glowed in their hearts when they were united as man and wife. Romance was very much alive as they celebrated 50 years of wedded life! They weathered the vicissitudes of life with beams of Love from Above. Ah! There is nothing, absolutely nothing more beautiful than love! What overwhelming love warmed your soul as you held your newborn child! Tears of happiness welled in your eyes as it peered at you and sweetly smiled! That precious and helpless little gift from God - you felt so undeserving of! The thrill of it! The very thrill of it! There's nothing more beautiful than love! There is nothing that binds like love for comrades marching into battle, To face the stench of war, the roaring cannon and the muskets' rattle! They press on caring only for their buddies, facing perils undreamed of, Forfeiting life that others might live free - now that is unconditional love! 'Tis love when a father donates a kidney that his little son might live. 'Tis love when foes find it in their hearts to forget and forgive. Love for one another is what this troubled world is more in need of. There is nothing, absolutely nothing at all more beautiful than love! Robert L. Hinshaw, CMSgt, USAF, Retired © All Rights Reserved