Love List

When war, politics, prejudice and bigotry are encouraging me to hate
I take a moment to look around…then a love list I create:

I love my wife and my family…how family never ends…
I love that I’m surrounded by a multitude of friends.

I love animals and sunsets…how a sunrise paints the sky…
I love flowers, raindrops, dolphins…I love ladybugs and butterflies.

I love birds and trees and rainbows…
how a dewdrop glistens in the sun.
I love chocolate…I love ice cream…I love watching a river run.

I love the laughter of a baby…
I love kissing under the stars and moon.
I love that we have utensils…I love the knife, the fork…the spoon.

I love the wind…the way she whistles through the trees.
I love how leaves change color in Autumn…I love a summer breeze.

I love snakes and insects like the ants and honeybees.
I love that everybody in the world does not look or act like me.

I find when I take the time to look around and a love list I create…
the more I concentrate on love…the less time I have to hate.

I leave you with that final thought…
you’ll find from this poem I have departed…
but as far as making today’s love list…
well…
I’m just getting started.

loverhyme

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