! ! For... They'Ll Know Who They Are Poem by Michael Shepherd

If only love were finally, enough –
then you’d have no more fears:
look here, and listen: we have love
enough for you; and more; and more;

but how to prove that love’s indeed enough
beyond all doubts? Bring on the opposites;
try and test in fire and whirlwind, ice and storm,
that love alone remains;

for only when the chips are down
will love reveal, just what love really is:
containing every opposite that seems to rule the world:
fierce tenderness; and ruthless mercy; hate that only love creates;
love like we’ve never thought it; love, unendingly, enough.