Discovering Love

DISCOVERING LOVE

Once a young lad with innocent eyes,

Posed me a question with a sweet smile.

"What is the most beautiful thing in this world?"

Were the few little words he shyly uttered.

LOVE ' I replied, without giving the query a thought.

Difficult question! No it was not.

"And where does it exit?" he asked with a gaze.

Leading me to an endless thoughtful maze.

To answer such a question how difficult it was,

Yet I gathered words and said after a long pause.

"In a father's pat,

And a mother's touch.

In a sister's words,

And a brother's hug.

Arms of a friend when he consoles you.

And times when strangers lend us help too."

With a contented heart I thanked the child and said,

"Had it not been for your doubt, you see

I would have never discovered that

Love exists all around you and me."