“Love is like the wind, you can't see it but you can feel it.”
Nicholas Sparks

From a simple jewelers' chain
Hangs a heavy silver band,
Elegant in its own simplicity,
The perfect canvas
For words inscribed
In romantic French:
“L'Amour n'est pas un sentiment.”
“Love is not a feeling.”
Such a strange inscription
For so romantic a ring
For what is love
If not a feeling?
It is so much more!
It is...
An intangible tangible,
Substance made from shadow,
The heart of a smile, and
The soul of a sigh.
It's the warmth of a touch,
The heat in a kiss,
And it's the caress of a whisper
In my ear.
It has the power to heal,
To forgive,
And to unite,
And so long as it exists,
It gives me hope.

c. 2024