Love Defined

                  What is love, but an emotion,
                  So strong and so pure,
                  That nurtured and shared with another
                  All tests it will endure?

                  What is love, but a force
                  To bring the mighty low,
                  With the strength to shame the mountains
                  And halt time’s ceaseless flow?

                  What is love, but a triumph,
                  A glorious goal attained,
                  The union of two souls, two hearts
                  A bond the angels have ordained?

                  What is love, but a champion,
                  To cast the tyrant from his throne,
                  And raise the flag of truth and peace,
                  And fear of death overthrow?

                  What is love, but a beacon,
                  To guide the wayward heart,
                  A blazing light upon the shoals
                  That dash cherished dreams apart?

                  And what is love, but forever,
                  Eternal and sincere,
                  A flame that through wax and wane
                  Will outlive life’s brief years?

                  So I’ll tell it on the mountaintops,
                  In all places high and low,
                  That love for you is my reason to be,
                  And will never break or bow.

                  - Matt Dubois -