whats life,
but a strand of moments
hurled benign,
past freedom
into psyches of indifference
& fathom
some radiate like epicenters
of the quakes that shift our lives
in all kinds of directions
have you loved?
have you loved with all you are?
complete vulnerability
has your heart ever become naked in front of another?
does your heart speak this language?
have you lost the form of this love?
have you said good-byes to people, places & things you didn't want to leave?
but had to
versions of yourself you had to discard to grow deeper,
even though the past of you wanted to come too
& they beg
for life is not a carousel of the fantasies we dream of
and living to be happy-
is living a half-life
as its pain, loss, & toil where we crumble
& blossom again
sometimes its in our pieces we find our power
its our weaknesses- that build us strong
to access life,
is to access living
to live full
is to ride wildly
for streams lead to rivers
which hit dams
& freeze in winters
but all waters must reach the ocean
where the salts may purify them
again & again
to your body-
be kind
to your mind-
you already know
for your heart-
trust, please trust
i trust you
& to the part of you that exist in eternity
the part of you on loan from God
your soul-
live wildly
live richly
hurt deeply when it hurts
cry over & over again
if you must
for tears are the antiseptic
for the wounds we don't see
may pain force more life
from you
may sorrows squeeze you to your depths
& may anger, Rage;
the knights and armoured horseman
whom guard the hurts-
battle until the wars are done.
for those of us who have lived
we know its many Journeys
across the deserts of
lonesome burdens
before
the paradise of self-love appears
For to be Full
is to live-
for it all
to be full is to accept
it all
for every wound is a
call to grow deeper
& every hurt
is summoning
you closer (come)
seek not only joys
& the sweet delicacies of life
for to be Full
is to be whole
& to be whole
is to Live.
May you live flawlessly
amoungst the treasures of life
& sail the winds between
the groves
& Love,
Love in eternity