Sailing the ungodly seas
Put aside the ice and snow
the cold northerly winds
these incidentals are
of no consequence
there is a hardness to love
that will always triumph
over sentimentality
after all love has its values
and they are unshakeable
and they can be read
all around us
and in all our literatures
Love is neither a means
nor an end
it just is :
all of us drifters
through this universe
but love the sole fixed point
it is there in all eloquence
and in all beauty
it is the truest form of expression
and never flinches
in the face of adversity
In a world full of devices
and subterfuge
love is bare-faced honesty
and it is what makes
cowards cower
Look to the fractious gods
who defied Ulysses
but failed to bring him down
Look to Penelope
her unswerving heart
a tapestry for all to see
It is the betrayal of love
that stains the soul
and makes hogs of all
who fall by the wayside
John Lyons