So true is love when it is from the heart,
Yet how can we be sure when love is true?
For love can't be for looks it is for you.
Our brains are so complex we think we're smart,
But love can make intelligence depart.
If brain and heart conflict what do you do?
Do you listen to what your heart tells you?
Or do you make your brain control your heart?
The hurt and pain which can occur is gone,
When love controls your life it sets you free.
True love is shared between husband and wife.
True love is love which will always live on.
When I give love I hope true it will be,
So live your life in love and love your life.

Lloyd McLean (1992)
 

I think every sonnet I've ever written was for a school assignment!

This poem is part of the Horses and Things collection