I Have Seen Love (a poem in three parts)

It has been said, man is better dead
Than to have never loved at all
To have had and lost is worth the cost
And the climb is worth the fall

But it has not been told since days of old
That love will never leave you
Though the aim be gone, love carries on
If that love indeed were true

For I have seen love fly like a dove
And cross the endless space
It flew and searched ‘til it found its perch
And bestowed its endless grace

I have seen love face the darkness of bitter times
I have seen love cover a multitude of sins
I have seen love search for what life must find
I have seen love stare down death and win

I have seen love fight when all was lost
I have seen love stand steadfast and sure
I have seen love give above the cost
I have seen true love endure

I have seen love grasp on to fleeing hope
I have seen it in the bleakest hour
I have seen love thrive when I could not cope
I have seen love and I’ve seen its power

But, of all these things that I have seen, and with all that it could mean
I have not yet seen love die
And for all the things that love has been, I insist yet once again
That it cannot loose its life

Love, then, cannot be lost, though our hearts be thick with frost
For love does not depend on us
This love for which we search the most does not allow our pride to boast
But requires humble trust

Earth and space may be severed with a place to stand on and a lever
And the stars may fall down from above
But all God does shall be forever and outweighs our own endeavors
And, in the end, I still see His love