Apologia

Without love, the whole universe would be

As Cold and heartless as a mortal enemy.

All the natural areas of exceptional beauty

Combined, would not inspire awe in me.

Imagine

No mother or father, nurse or doctor

To nurture the flailing, muscleless wonderer

Or no friends or family, hospice or minister

To caress the elderly, failing with cancer

A strong courtroom defense of faith rests

In the observation to which love attests

That learning to love is the sine qua non

Purpose of our existence in this home

Love, thus, I see, is the promise,

The unequivocal guarantee,

That we are made for more than this.

I am convinced of our immortality.

If it were not so, I’ve read,

He would have so said.

For there is no reason

For a loveless creation.