Love Is Light
I was once like you
young full of loving and longing
thinking love was this magical entity
that could be captured and stored
in our hearts like a firefly in a jar
Taking walks hand in hand
picking flowers, wishing upon stars
going no matter how far to prove
there's nothing I wouldn't do
Jump off a cliff? Too easy
I'd just be proving I'd die for a cause.
Set sail, chase the setting sun
whatever the task, I'd wear a hero's mask
Knight in shining armor times two.
To infinity and beyond, each step
a first step bringing me back to you
After several years of walking in circles
I realized what love wasn't,
which led me to discover what it is.
Love is light. Just an inkling of it
gives new life.
For some it fades quickly
and others it last for eternity
Love is an entity residing between two beings
It's an adhesive for some, for others
it leaves a sticky residue
No matter what it ends up being,
it's a gift, lest you forget
The smallest amount can save the world
make a homeless person feel at home
in the middle of Times Square
Where the world goes wrong is
when it forgets what's been bottled up inside
Love is a firefly trapped way down on the inside
sometimes we refuse to let it glow
no one ever knows, love is a gift
just as much as it is a myth.
I've lived long enough, walked enough circles
to see love and its many phases
but its light never changes.
Love is light.
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