what is love?
Love is not just a tree Standing in the shade with a special someone It is also a sapling You planted with your father years ago. Love is not just a movie You’re watching in the theatre cosying up with her It’s that old sitcom You and your mother still joke about. Love is not just a walk on the beach Holding hand, touching faces It is building sandcastles with your sister Tearing them down and building them up again. Love is not just a letter Sweet noting’s written in the margins It is the smiley next to your perfect score Assuring you that you made someone proud today. Love is not just the altar, the chapel and the aisle Not the festivities or the first dance It is the late night messages you send your best friend Asking what she’ll wear tomorrow. Love is not just a rush, an infatuation Not just a promise or a commitment Love is care, compromise, it’s big laughter and smiles Love is poetry but also prose with the beauty an...