What Love Is

Love is coming home late at night, while everyone else is asleep, so you can earn extra money, so they have something to eat, Love is trying to help the homeless, just by giving them some food or a sweater, or by giving them a little cash or taking them right to a homeless shelter, Love is staying up all night, with a very sickly child, comforting them and telling them, that everything will be alright, Love is staying all those years, married to the same one, even though at times they drive you insane, and everyday is like a rerun, Love is giving your life for someone, even if that persons a total stranger, you put your life in harms way and face the ultimate danger, Love is putting our differences aside, and learning to forgive and forget, learning to swallow our political pride, be we a Republican or Democrat, Love is driving 967 miles to see your Dad whose dying from cancer, and when you see him in his hospital bed, happy memories you try to recapture, Love is driving all the way back up to pick up your now widowed Mom, driving her all the way down to Maryland for a wedding then all the way back up again, We see love everyday, be it at home, work, church or shopping, its in the little things we do, thats why love is so charming. 10-9-16