What is love my heart asks

and I have no reply.

Poets for centuries tried to define love

and a million explanations and definitions abound.

Yet one has to ask, if you can define love, is it really love?

Love is a feeling. A ghost of events, a tale

of multiple environments, a chemical reaction some say.

Scientists may call it just a longing to be accepted

while young men confuse it with lust.

Yet, as a man who has loved and lost many times,

tripped over love, stepped on love,

socked love in the chops and been decked repeatedly

by love,

I say love is …..love. It is not physical nor chemical

but a deeper quantum spiritual existence.

Love is love.