Rain and Roses

<h2><SPAN name="WHAT_LOVE_IS" id="WHAT_LOVE_IS"></SPAN>What Love Is</h2> <div class="poetry"> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="ig"><span class="letra">L</span>OVE is a magnetism<br/></span> <span class="ih">That enables two people<br/></span> <span class="i0">To see one another as<br/></span> <span class="i0">No one else can see them,<br/></span> <span class="i0">A compelling unresisting element<br/></span> <span class="i0">Drawing them into each other’s arms.<br/></span> <span class="i0">Love is an unselfish devotion,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Giving service without reward,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Sacrifice without compensation,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Suffering without alleviation.<br/></span> <span class="i0">It is a power, a force,<br/></span> <span class="i0">The fundamental principle of life,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Without which, the mere act of living<br/></span> <span class="i0">Becomes a farce and a mockery.<br/></span> <span class="i0">Love is the foundation of every<br/></span> <span class="i0">Unselfish act, in this grey old world.<br/></span> <span class="i0">It is the rosy amber hearthstone<br/></span> <span class="i0">Of earth’s flaming paradise, and<br/></span> <span class="i0">A stepping stone to a better world called heaven.<br/></span></div> </div></div> <hr class="full" /> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />