My daughter brought the following “metaphor poem” home to show my wife and I what she’s been working on at school. I think it’s worth sharing. I hope you agree.

Love is…

Love is lava. You never know when it will erupt. Sometimes it burns. Sometimes it warms the heart. It can smile or it can make you upset.

Love is a candle. It gives you warmth and comfort. It burns slowly and steadily. But it can go out in a blink of an eye.

Love is music. Sometimes it will be an upbeat happy song and other times it is a solemn and sad song. You never know if it will make you cry or make you smile. But it will always make you feel something.

Love is a pencil writing its story as it goes along. Love’s story could take you back two years ago or only two days ago. It could make you feel solemnly or giggly. But it never makes you only feel one way.

Samantha Shelton

(Samantha is a nine-year-old fourth grader and founder of Headbands for Hope.)