It Makes Me Think

All you need is love.

When I hear All You Need is Love I sigh;
this was a Beatles’ song from long ago.
It makes me think that hate may someday die.

It’s true I am a Beatles kind of guy;
old vinyl or CD or radio.
When I hear All You Need is Love I sigh.

Five simple words for all of us to try;
the melody and key seem apropos.
It makes me think that hate may someday die.

An anthem for the living to live by;
so unmistakable its loving flow.
When I hear All You Need is Love I sigh.

As Lennon penned there was a diamond sky;
a gal named Lucy reveled in the glow.*
It makes me think that hate may someday die.

The stars display their glory from on high;
a universe of love for us to know.
When I hear All You Need is Love I sigh;
it makes me think that hate may someday die.


19 Lines  (Villanelle)
Writer’s Cramp
January 26, 2014

* All You Need is Love is from 1967, the same year the Beatles’
  Sergeant Pepper was released, which includes the song,
  Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds.