Friday, June 30, 2017

Love


Love


"What is love?" you ask, my friend, although you surely know.


We each can see it manifest--in actions, more than words.


Like envy, anger, grief and hope, it's felt--and then we know.


It leads outside the self and so it fills and heals the heart.


So self is sacrificed, without a thought or a complaint.


Without it, we are lost indeed--and wish we could depart.


No matter what the measure and no matter which the species,


The give and take of love is joy and pain--through all the ages.


2017 June 30, Fri.

Brooklyn, New York
   

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