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What Is This Love

God is Love—I dare say. But what a mischievous devil Love is!
~Samuel Butler~ (1612–1680)

What Is This Love 

What can it be this act so grand 
that one can taste it through dark skies  
and even when a baby dies 
love beats inside a mother's cries 

What is this love of Heroes 
that when the world has gone insane 
it rights the wrongs inside your brain  
and fills your soul like rain 

What is this thing that we all love 
that gives us breath and life 
is it a tool that ends all strife 
or acts of God under a knife 

What can it be this word so deep 
that seeps you to the bone 
its LOVE alone 
that  saves, then brings you home. 

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Caren Krutsinger October 23, 2021 at 7:30 PM Love alone changes the world. Great pen.

Rico Leffanta October 22, 2021 at 12:05 PM So god invented love and, of course, men sullied it. What next?

Victor Buhagiar October 22, 2021 at 8:55 AM God is love. Alas our petty minds will never be able the real depth of that love.

Harry Horsman October 22, 2021 at 7:00 AM It keeps the world going round, Vienna along with your lovely poetry.

Vijay Pandit October 22, 2021 at 5:55 AM Enjoyed this ode to almighty love in all the forms you describe, Vienna. Lovely write.