Love's refrain

There are many things a heart can say to silence
It can say
I love you anyway
This is its main refrain

There are many things a heart can say to anger
It can say
I love you anyway
Like ice cream on a hot day
Anger drips to the pavement

There are many things a heart can say to despair
It can say
I love you anyway
Despair mumbles off to hold hands with another

There are many things a heart can say to greed
It can say
I love you anyway
Greed grumbles down its lonely path

There are many things a heart can say to sorrow
It can say whatever the loss
That soul still lives in the chambers of my walls
That love, thick and honest
Courses through my veins

Always, always
There will always be love
In the mess of a melaleuca melee
Or the ordered one-two of an English country garden
In the rush of city traffic
Or children's feet swinging to embrace the air

Love only ever has to say
I am
Its abode
Is breath's eternal moment