Love Love drifts in on a wave of gentleness Surfaces with a touch of gentleness Grows and lingers with each kind word It seeks faith in someone Longs for a warm embrace It's protective and possessive Will always defend and cherish Love is goodness and sharing A need to give Hovering with a fear of rejection Love seeks harmony and adoration Knows the meaning of success! With each angry word Love dies just a little Suffocated by anger love is tormented by emptiness Shivers and dies with ruthlessness Every act of aggressive behaviour Poisons the goodness And brings home the hatred Love withdraws and cannot survive When gentleness, kindness and mercy Walk out the door Infact, when giving and sharing Don't live here any more Love retreats and disappears!!! by Berni written 17.10/98