Love resides here, my dear
Not in elaborate gestures
Nor ornate halls
Love dwells amongst these four walls

It resides in the minutiae
Smaller than a grain of sand
The soft caress of a whisper
The deft touch of a hand

Love resides wherever we do
Wherever we take it
Whatever we go through

It travels in our blood
Indispensable, ever present
Shining in the dark
Bright and incandescent

Whether emanating from a foreign shore
Or the room next door
Love sends a beacon so strong
It simply can’t be ignored

A force of nature, wild and untamed
Assured of purpose, and vehemently unashamed
Complex, contradictory and idiosyncratic
All encompassing, single minded
And barely ever democratic

Streaked with myriad sentiment
Entwined threads so fine
Not a hundred violin players
And a poet
Could possibly hope to define