This Friday’s poem is a celebration of love which I wrote back in 2010. To me love is what life is, it is the flow I become part of in deep meditation, it is the benevolence that connects all.
This is not to say life always feels this way, sometimes it is just hard, gritty and painful. It’s in these times that our connection may be lost. Aloneness can set in, separating us from the flow of life and taking us into a mindset of fear and scarcity. In these times we need love more than ever, we need it to really show up obviously until we can find our way back to it.
Given how hard life has felt for so many people these last two years, and continues to feel as war-torn 2022 unfolds, today I want to celebrate an uplifting piece about what love can be, and do.
Love is triumphant (2010)
Love is triumphant
It shouts from the rooftops of life
“Look at me”
Love’s not shy
No violet shrinking to forgotten corners,
recoiling from notice
Love is bold
Daring, unrepentant in splendour
Love takes centre stage
And yet, love is peaceful
Whispering softly through
silken lips
As it weaves sweet threads
of iridescent gold
around beautiful intentions
Love is subtle
Love forgives, it’s delicate touch
making safety infinite
Love envelopes all
Yet it is contained in the smallest of glances
The merest whisper of a smile conveys
a universe of emotion
Love is everywhere
It’s priceless ubiquity constant
yet playfully beyond touch
Love is open, it gives all
yet asks nothing
Love cannot be bought, captured or made
Love comes only to open hands,
to total freedom
where it can flourish and grow
Love has no needs,
no requirements or boundaries
No price, nor expectation
All love asks is truth
To fly on the wings of intimacy
unashamedly bare
For love is naked
It’s layers vulnerable
It’s delicate weave
impossible to destroy
For love is a fortress
It’s defences know no bounds
as hearts construct them
Love has many faces
yet one single soul
It shines, intention pure
complete in it’s connection
Love is the beginning,
and love the end
It is our journey
and life’s destination
Love is triumphant
