For my friend L

Whatever is the quality of love?

The life lived faithfully ending up in a forgotten ditch /
Unspoken words evoking forgotten memories /

You are your kind smile, fulfilling the given promises /
And the golden circlet, embodying the union of Two /

The laughter of children, the golden harvest of Man /
Two hands locked in an eternal partnership /

The silent creaking of an old wooden chair /
Overturned cup of water, leaking on the old oak floor /

Us and us alone, we and we together /
Facing what may, doing what we will

For me, that is the quality of love