Love Reigns
They say that chivalry is dead
A witless moral of the youth
Replaced with disrespect, to dread
And turned to ash in times uncouth
They say that animosity has risen
A conflagration of social spite
Writhing with anger, like a crowded prison
Shrouded in the darkness of the night
Like the phoenix, love is born again
The demise of hatred and villainy too
Must ease the pain of life for a moment then
And lost love, reborn, pushes through
Twisted words will count for naught
A devious creation of the snake
Festered wounds of absent truth, forthbrought
Torment the soul until great minds ache
Love, in truth, is no apocryphal specter
Warmth of mirthful souls brought to life
Easily taken but difficult to find, like nectar
Abundantly given in times of strife
Why then, does love hide its face?
Have we offended this gift forsaken?
Or must we acquiesce in solemn grace
And admit that we have been mistaken?
Youth join me nobly, hand in hand
To accomplish the world's greatest feat
Cleanse the hatred from this land
And never, ever, accept defeat