After all this

After all the love songs, the poetic odes to love, the stories and novels, the mythologies of love, the roses and chocolates and diamonds, the sermons, the wisdom of experience, the movies and TV shows, the hugs and kisses, the love potions, the powdered rhino horn, the advice columns, the psychotherapy sessions, the sighs and tears, the pledges and commitments, the words of Gods, what do we really know of love at work in the world? Look around.