A man once asked me to tell him three things I knew to be true
I said:
“Lightning always comes before thunder

The sun will always rise in the East

And I love someone with all my heart”

His response was:
“When the storm is overhead, lightning and thunder come at once

When the Earth is no more, the sun will not rise

And one day time will bring the storm and the end of the Earth and all you knew of love will die.”

I told him “Sir I may be naïve,
But when the storm is overhead, I will have someone I love to shelter me.

When the sun no longer rises, I will still have the warmth of that love in my heart

And when time brings the end of the Earth, I will die happy knowing time could never bring the end of love.”

He said, “Does the truth mean nothing to you?”

I replied, “I love someone with all my heart. This is the only truth that matters.”