Love is

By Paige Shellhammer '21

December 2018

love is like a prize

heart-eyes, butterflies

new lives to recognize

no more sorrow and no more lies

masks are not a disguise,

but a hiding place from the devil's eyes

the one who was thought of as a sun rise

shining light on all the darkest highs

unmasked to show despair’s surprise

an old intimacy turned to brutal cries

no longer chains, but freeing demise

brought by an angel in disguise

love is a prize