Love built our house on solid ground <br />Such rock as will not yield <br />And I bear an enduring stone with me <br />From uncertainty as my shield <br /> <br />One touch can bring accord with you <br />Evoking feelings ever fond <br />I know you wear a touchstone too <br />As emblem of our bond <br /> <br />But I have found the true touchstone <br />Not born of this mortal plane <br />Against earth’s treasures ever known <br />It transcends all such as gain <br /> <br />If not from your sweet lips they ring <br />Then no words of love be true <br />Save observed in your eyes shining <br />Love’s light but darkness without you <br /> <br />There is no logic, no poem, no art <br />If not with you to share <br />If not composed within your heart <br />No music fills the air <br /> <br />Love the only touchstone <br />Or there be none at all <br />If love lives not within our home <br />There lives no love at all.<br /><br />Mary Havran<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/touchstone/
