"Despite All Love"

"Despite All, Love" A million miles away, A thousand thoughts abound, A hundred words unspoken. The will of a warrior, The fight of a champion. Love has not abandoned me— For I have never met Love as ally, Only as foe. You might ask, Am I bitter? And I would answer, No. It is not that I do not know Love, But that Love gazes at me Only to challenge. Love dwells within my heart, Yet it weakens me. I wrestle to understand it, But Love is those million miles away, Those thousand thoughts that swarm, Those hundred words left unsaid. Love was engineered to be complex, And yet it is what sets the world aflame. Not because it is cruel, But because it is the most powerful force In the hearts of every being. It conquers, it defeats, And yet— It is the reason we live. You and I are Love, Even in distance, Even in thought, Even in silence. Despite all—Love. - Florencio