WHAT IS LOVE?

     by Emily M. Parris

What is love but happiness
And tenderness and caring
Finding joy in someone else's
Warm and gentle sharing

What is love but tenderness
And eagerness to give
To share the essence of ourselves
In each new day we live

To find within another's heart
An understanding space
With sympathetic caring
There reflected in their face

What is love but paradise
Created just for two
What is love? -- quite simply
It is what I found in you





Copyright 1984 by Emily M. Parris