Love Is

"Love is like a beautiful flower which I may not touch ,but whose fragrance makes the garden a place of delight just the same" (Quote by: Helen Keller) LOVE, what mystique power, it wields What bumper dividends it yields At times, IS LIKE an ache so coy to reveal Or A BEAUTIFUL urge, hard to conceal As brilliance to stars, fragrance to a FLOWER Music to flute or shade to a bower Love dwells and thrives in heart’s inner shrine Connecting souls as by magic with a bond divine Some times, we feel it as a deep sensation Sprouting in us strong surges of emotion WHICH enliven every atom of our being Filtering down from top to bottom, nourishing and healing I MAY sometimes ignore its fervent call But will NOT undervalue its merits tall Oh, Love! Thy virtues I will defend Though seasons change and youth does end Love is a magic talisman to TOUCH the heart Filling the void, never leaving any dearth It makes the mind go upbeat in prosody Changing every sensation into a rhapsody The red red Rose that emanates radiance Surrounded by thorns, BUT WHOSE FRAGRANCE Everyone inhales, MAKES THE GARDEN A PLACE of perennial beauty as one OF Eden, Love soothes and stills every ache of the heart Filling it with DELIGHT, propitiating a new start It is like the cool touch of spray in the horrid heat of noon Or on a humid day, a splash with friends in the lagoon Love sublime, JUST like a candle lit Consumes itself, but keeps on giving light It dispels THE gloom and cleanses the dirt Invigorating the soul and healing every hurt In ups and downs, love remains the SAME Lighting the world with love should be our aim It is on the axis of love that the world spins round Tt is the panacea curing all the ills which surround! Jan.31. 2021 Brian Strand Contest No.1183 Poetry Contest