What More Must Love Do

What more must love do

To make this world a better place
                              To find the hate we must erase
To light the way, a path to know
                              A garden to let goodness grow

What more must love do

To somehow make us understand
                   That with it, peace goes hand in hand
It’s more than what we’ll ever need
                         To render helpless war and greed

It seems yet all but gone  

When compromise has lost its gain
                                      In favor of eternal pain
And chaos strikes a mighty blow
                        And somehow we forgot to know

Because of its armor, because of its strength
          To conquer the darkness and at any length  
Because of its passion to fill every heart  
           And transfer what’s ugly into works of art

It exists  

What more must love do
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Date: 9/16/2025 2:32:00 AM
Beautiful write Mike…,love can only do so much we need to get the big guns in also like Respect, Compassion, Kindness etc! to erase the hate and make our world and its humans better! Great message my friend! Debx
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Mike Gentile
Date: 9/19/2025 4:32:00 AM
Thank you dear Deb xxoo
Date: 8/28/2025 1:49:00 AM
I dissect the bible and find most of it inhabited by evil. Parts I have to ignore for I am no judge, but the good parts help me find grace.
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Mike Gentile
Date: 8/30/2025 5:16:00 AM
Thank you Victor, keep looking for the love! Happy Saturday !
Date: 8/27/2025 7:35:00 AM
The eternal, rhetorical questions that many of us ask in an ongoing internal reel. HEY, that's what we need to do, identify those who lack a reel and install it. We'll ask AI, oh crapola, that remark points out how bad the combined world sad feels to me, the whole bag of stupid human non-progress. Your poem is fantastic, your words emphasize the point, I think you can tell from my comments that your write resonated with me. Poetry hugs ... CayCay
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Mike Gentile
Date: 8/27/2025 1:48:00 PM
I am so glad that it did CayCay! we need more love!! Happy Wednesday!
Date: 8/26/2025 10:08:00 PM
Sometimes we think we're fighting a losing battle but if we all work together spreading the love then it will conquer the evil and hatred that's rife in our world at the moment. Well written Mike. Tom
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Mike Gentile
Date: 8/27/2025 1:47:00 PM
I agree Tom and thank you!
Date: 8/26/2025 8:58:00 PM
So beautifully written, dear Mike. We all want a world where love dominates and hate is erased, where peace reigns and war comes to a halt. Unfortunately these wishes remain just rosy dreams. Enjoyed your beautifully rhyming poem.
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Mike Gentile
Date: 8/27/2025 1:41:00 PM
Thank you so much Valsa
Date: 8/26/2025 4:20:00 PM
outstanding words, Mike, words that echo my feelings. I agree, "somehow we forgot" The world seems alarming and ugly at times to me...then there are those kindness-filled and love-filled moments that give hope. Well done. Faving
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Mike Gentile
Date: 8/27/2025 1:36:00 PM
Sara, thank you so much kind soul xxoo
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