Difficult Definitions
Ashby Smith

How can a word
Be so hard to find
And is more absurd
Once you attempt to define

How does this word
Have more power than all
It can complete a man
Or make him fall

It can bring new life
Or take it away
If can fill one night
Or move in to stay

The focus of other words
Written, spoken, and sung
By many a voice
In many a tongue

In the wardrobe of life
It fits like a glove
And creates the question
Could you be love?

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