Love

Love This poem was inspired by my cusion Tina’s FaceBook note “The Meaning of Love”. In the note, she listed answers 4-8 year olds gave when asked what love was. You could say these are mine. This poem does not rhyme, and it’s very long. Once I got started defining love, I couldn’t stop. In my journal, it takes a little over three and a half pages. #72 “Love” Love is when God forgives you for every wrong thing you’ve ever done Every pain you’ve ever caused Every lie you’ve ever told Love is when your mom will sit out of a ride at an amusement park Just because she knows you can’t go Love is when your dad rents the same movie for ten years Just because he knows its your favorite Love is your brother playing inside with you in the summer Because he knows you can’t keep up with him outside Love is your sister telling you that all she wants for Christmas is to spend a whole day with you Love is when your best friend calls and hears you crying So she drops everything and comes over Love is when your best friend comes home from college for a weekend Meets you at the mall and doesn’t buy anything She just walks around talking to you Love is watching a one year old hug and kiss a Minnie Mouse doll Love is an e-mail from your boyfriend asking you how your day was Love is 1 Corinthians 13: 4-7 Love is having a kitten nicknamed “shadow” Because she follows you everywhere Even to the bathroom Love is having an aunt who brings you back things from Disney World each time she goes. Because she knows how much you love it But your wheelchair keeps you from going with her Love is your mom taking off work to go to Shriner’s with you. Love is your dad scaring your school to death For daring to try to leave you out of a field trip Because you’re a “liability” Love is a card from your grandma signed “Love and prayers” Love is your grandma saving her bracelet for you for twelve years Love is Daisy forgiving Donald for all his tantrums. Love is when Thumper gets kissed in “Bambi” And he turns all red Love is when you cry and your kitten cuddles with you And licks a few tears away Love is Mandisa’s “Not Guilty” The Carpenters’ “Merry Christmas, Darling” Diane Warren’s “Exceptional” Mariah Carey’s “Whenever You Call” Michael Jackson’s “Heal The World” And Bette Midler’s “Wind Beneath My Wings” The ultimate expression of love was When a faultless man chose to be nailed to a cross So He could save the whole world Fsllon Marie