Love: It is what it is

it is nonsense, says reason
it is what it is, says love

it is unhappiness, says reflection
it is nothing but pain, says fear

it is hopeless, says insight
it is what it is, says love

it is ridiculous, says pride
it is frivolous, says caution

it is impossible, says experience
it is what it is, says love

I found this poem in a sermon preached by Paul Oestreicher in 2007 on becoming a Companion of the Cross of Nails in Coventry Cathedral. In it he ranges over the healing of memories, peace, homosexuality, war, unity, the church. Paul preaches in a unique way and is a powerful advocate of a gospel of love.He ends the sermon by reading a poem from the secular Jew, Erich Fried.