Love
Is not some remote
Ethereal ideal
Stuck on
A fluffy cloud
And guarded
By a flock
Of befeathered
Heavenly beings.
Love is,
Instead,
A deep and abiding
Thought
That grows steadily
In beauty
As it is
Contemplated,
And matures
As it is actioned.
Love is
In the acts of
Altruism
That live in
The thick
Of humans
Who struggle
With all that life
Is and
Is not.
Love is that
Touch tender
That finds its
Essence
In those
Moments
Beyond the demands
Of emotion,
Where to
Give is the
Good and
To act
Is the right
Way to be.
25/5/2016