How long has it been
since you were last told
that you are special
and unique to the universe?
Not only needed by the world,
but necessary for its existence?
I know you have been
feeling a little blurry around the edges;
undefined,
like an underexposed photograph.
And I know you’ve been wanting
that quick rush of interaction,
but I think you need
to stop falling in love.
You haven’t yet noticed
that your incomplete edges
are only places where you failed
to fill them in.
Lacking primal contact
with this world as it is,
will leave you withdrawn
to the point you can’t come back.
This place is a myriad
of visceral contact.
Interactions are physical;
fast and they don’t last.
If you want to see the miracles,
you have to go
where miracles are happening.
You won’t find them in any
safe space.
You won’t know them,
if you always turn away.
Don’t fall in love
with every love
that loves you,
or you want to love.
There is a deception
in the blood
that pumps into the brain
of everyone
when they’re young.
Let the desire burn you up,
so you are no longer here.
We understand nothing of love.
We understand nothing of God.
We’ve given our places above
for a place down below
in the dark.
Here we know truth by the touch
and discernment is surely an art.
We have gone on far too long
equating the body
with our spirit,
with our minds,
with our hearts.
You are beautiful,
but love
is for the ugly,
the poor
and the downtrodden.
You are Blessed,
so leave yourself abandoned.
You are loved
by absence and silence.
The universe exists because you do.
I bet you didn’t know
that all the fault lies with you.
You’re born to die alone,
with the whole world;
so special and unique,
you should know
that you are loved.
HG – 2016
