TO KNOW WHAT LOVE IS

To Know What Love Is

When you see the sunshine in the rain

And remember pleasure when in pain,

Behold the ancient in the new,

The clouds forming in the blue;

The brightest day in darkest night,

The warmest calm in horror’s fright;

The seed of hope in a babe’s first breath,

The warmth of love in a dear one’s death;

When you can see the spark that lives

In everything, 

You’ll know what love is.

ERC, 4/25/19