Love

Define the word "love"

A mother's love for her child
She would do anything to protect them
Keep them out of harms way
Keep them close to her heart
Is that love?

The love between friends
That special bond that no one can break
No matter how hard they try
Like an elastic band
It always springs back
Most of the time
Is that love?

The love between husband and wife, partners, lovers
That is special and supposedly reserved for that one person
The one you want to spend the rest of you life with
The one you want to laugh with and be with
For better, For worse
For richer, For poorer
In sickness and In health
Till death part you
Is that love?

Love is different for everyone
To one it may evoke rage, sadness, joy
But for me the word is cold, sterile
I'm not sure what it means
I have 1000 feelings exploding in my brain
But the biggest thought at the forefront is:

What is love?