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What is Love?

The rose petals

“Sunlight is love”, said a rose petal
I cannot hold it, but I can feel it!”
“Oxygen is like love”, said another
Everywhere and nowhere
All at once.”
“What about water?”, said a third
It shows no sign its division!”
“Or gravity”, struck up a fourth
Always moving something somewhere”
“Who am I?”, demanded one
“Am I really worth something?”
“What?”, said the others
“You ask us to prove it!
Worth is hardly a truth
Nor a falsehood
But the act of giving
To someone who needs it more.”

The rose petals
Ch 1 Happy thought
Ch 2 Small eyes
Ch 3 There is a prayer
Ch 4 Teacup
Ch 5 Gifts
Ch 6 Beehive
Ch 7 Butterflies and ideas
Ch 8 Gene for genius
Ch 9 The peacock and the fortress
Ch 10 Two stones
Ch 11 The rose petals
Ch 12 Faith
Ch 13 The waterwheel
Ch 14 Future and past
Ch 15 A yearning
Ch 16 If I doubt these bones are mine
Ch 17 Eggshells
Ch 18 Heaven moved
Ch 19 Evaporation
Ch 20 Do I speak too much?
Ch 21
Ch 22
Ch 23
Ch 24
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