What is Love?

A child said what is Love? Holding his little hands to his heart, How could I answer the child? For what I feel love is, may not be. I guess it must be a feeling that is easy to find, but when Found, hard to understand Or I guess it is the beginning of life A mother’s love for her newborn child Love for one’s siblings and family Love for one’s friends and peers. Or I guess love is a word, a feeling that is rarely seen today A word that is powerful, but not powerful enough to stop war between brothers War between people that were created equal under God Maybe love is not a feeling that is honestly felt For if it were felt, there would be no evil in this world, no wars, no violence Only people of different races holding hands and respecting one another. Or I guess it is what one feels when one sees their soul mate from afar Seeing that they are far, but that their souls are forever connected Knowing that he feels the same way I feel for him Knowing that although we are unable to be with each other He is close to me in body and soul. Or I guess love is a mistake A total tragedy that was never meant to occur What one feels when the person one adores Betrays one’s love and breaks one’s heart What a teenage girl believed was love Turned into a baby with no father and no name. Or I guess love is sorrow, the deepest feeling of sadness In one’s heart, that makes one fall into a stage of depression Into a state that makes us want to die When one adores someone and that someone does not know one exist When a tear drop leaves my eyes every time he is away When I see him and he turns his back on me When I feel that no matter what I do to please him he will always be indifferent To all my struggles and my hopes to be with him. Or I guess love is pain When a woman goes through nine months of pain To bear her love, her husband, her soul mate a child A child that will symbolize their unity, their respect, their love for one another When that baby is born and it becomes sick The love between the father and mother will save this baby’s life So love may be marriage and the establishment of a united family. Or I guess love is just another expression that is felt by many but understood by few Knowing that one loves, but does not know what it is Knowing that I love my family, my friends, and that special someone Knowing that it is a feeling that connects almost all the feelings felt by a human being. Maybe love is just a word that has no meaning A word that is symbolized by an arrow and a heart A word that means you plus me forever will be.