Friday, January 24, 2014

Love is, Love Ain't

Love is love
is love

is loving what is
in front of you

an imperfect person

hurray!
just like us
imperfect

a beautiful person
hurray! hurray
just like us
beautiful

confused?
just like us

happy, unhappy, in love with you, not in love with you
hurray
just like us

they are there
aren't they
all those other pieces of God
to remind us
how to love

love what?
everything

and love ain't:

you know what it is
when someone wants you to shape up
when
someone tells you you are wrong
when
someone is conditional,
they will love you, if.....

love ain't conditional

that's a great start

all you have to do
and you can do this looking in a mirror:

is to see what's in front of you

listen to the conditions,
drop them,
and love what's left

easy
hard
impossible

who knows

without this skill,
we are in a sinking boat, full of Shakespeare quotes
and not able to swim

alas, a messy end

cheers on a cold, post snowy Friday in Austin,
Chris

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