We, unaccustomed to courage
exiles from delight
live coiled in shells of loneliness
until love leaves its high holy temple
and comes into our sight
to liberate us into life.

Love arrives
and in its train come ecstasies
old memories of pleasure
ancient histories of pain.
Yet if we are bold,
love strikes away the chains of fear
from our souls.

We are weaned from our timidity
In the flush of love’s light
we dare be brave
And suddenly we see
that love costs all we are
and will ever be.
Yet it is only love
which sets us free.

 
 
 
 
 
Love
 
 
Maya Angelou was a brave woman who spoke her mind.  As I read myself to sleep each night, I’m seeking comfort in her words.  With each paragraph, a creative thought has flowed through me and onto the page.  I have been searching and trying to regain traction in my personal life as well as my business.  A new creative push to constantly move forward yet remaining intact with my roots.  Who I am.  What I want to portray.  And how to spread that message.  I am a creative….. with that means I don’t sit still for very long, constantly moving to the next project.  Sometimes abandoning a project because something bigger, better comes up.  Other times I travel by minute- without any focus at all and spontaneously creating whatever I feel like at the moment.  This is one of those moments where spontaneity hit me.
 
With Love.
We live in a world so dark and cold, wanting to understand each other and be so bold.
But nobody speaks.
 
We watch our brothers and sisters fight, we watch our soldiers die.
But nobody speaks.
 
Why does this have to be so hard?  In the depths of my soul I can feel the turmoil
Yet nobody speaks.
 
To be heard, to make a sound, is to be ridiculed and scorned.
Bashed about, thrashed about, spoken behind one’s back.
But nobody speaks out-loud to each other.
 
Not of good, not of laughter, but of the hatred of mankind.
So love your brother, love your sister, love your friend.  May you always seek love, and spread it all around.  Until that time, when we can share and everybody with speak about the darkness that gathers in the pit of our soul.
Love is the answer.  Love is the key to unlock the secrets of the deep dark abyss.
May you always find love.  Shine love.  Share love like it has no end.