ON LOVE….
LOVE flows from another and sits softly beside you,
It doesn’t ask if you are single or married,
Gay or straight, black or white, skinny or fat;
It doesn’t care. It only longs to BE.
It comes as a gift with no strings attached,
No desire to own or control you.
It loves to watch you dance in freedom,
It asks nothing in return, it’s joy is in giving.
It asks, “ how can help you, console you,
Support you, lift you, ease your burdens?”
LOVE smiles upon you and brings you gifts from the heart,
LOVE has no selfish interest
It’s doesn’t come with labels like romantic, parental or friend:
It just sits softly, ever so softly, under the camouflage of labeled LOVE,
It waits for you to discover that It is ever present in all things.
It moves freely like the wind, kissing you and playing with your hair
And flees away if you try to hold it, yet never leaves, only dances outside your grasp.
It wants only for you to see that it exists for everyone, not just certain “someone’s”
It isn’t worldly as we have known LOVE
It is the treasure we all seek, the end of the rainbow
Once mined, is a beacon of light given freely, not to be questioned…
It is our gift to share in a smile, a touch, a concern, a deed, an action,
The words “I love you” are flowers for the heart, forever yours.
By Cynthia E. Ashley
