The following message, though not my words;  those of Kahil Gibran,
reflects the way I feel about love today.

When Love beckons you, follow him
Though his ways are hard and steep
And when he speaks to you
Believe in him
Though his voice may shatter your dreams
As the north wind lays waste the garden...
For Love will strip you bare
That in your nakedness
You may know the secrets of your heart
And in that knowledge
Become a fragment of Life's Heart.
But if in your fear you would seek
Only Love's peace and Love's pleasures
Then it is better for you
That you cover your nakedness
And pass into the seasonless world
Where you shall laugh
But not all your laughter
And weep, but not all your tears.
Love possesses not nor would it be possessed
Love gives naught but life itself
And takes naught but from itself
For only through Love can you give all of yourself
For Love is sufficient unto Love.
And think not that you can direct the course of  Love
For Love, if it finds you worthy, directs your course.
Love has no other desire but to fullfill itself,
But if in your Love you must have desires
Then let these be your desires:
To melt and be like a running brook
That sings its melody to the night,
To know the pain of too much tenderness
To be wounded by your own understanding of Love
And to bleed willingly and joyfully.
To wake at dawn with a winged heart
And give thanks for another day of loving.

 
 
 
 

Now here's a game I've seen before
And played at once or twice
Although I'm really not quite sure
If playing it is wise.
You take two slightly damaged hearts
And place them side by side
You give them names and faces
And arms that open wide.
You teach them how to feel again
To love and care about.
You tell them that they must not lie
Of that there is no doubt.
The stage is set. You place your bet,
And draw the heart on top.
Gently rest it in your hand
Be careful not to drop
These hearts are full of love and so
You want to hold them close
Advantage must be given to the one
Who has the most
The rules are hard to understand
But harder still to keep
So listen closely if you can
For penalities are steep.
Your friends are watching carefully
And if you tell a lie
The one who holds the biggest heart
Will hear the loudest cry.
You have but once to falter
There is no second turn
Just one mistake is all it takes
One lesson to be learned.
There is no "new beginning"
There is no other stand
Although no one is perfect
It's perfection that we demand.
And when the game is over
And the stage is put away
There won't be any joy
For the ones who dared to play.
Only broken pieces of a love
That once had lived
Because one heart stumbled
And one would not forgive.
 
 
 

Love will come and love will go
But there are some who never know
The peacefulness that seems to flow
From love's sweet harmony.
Suspicion hides behind their eyes
They only want to analyze
And always fail to recognize
Their opportunity.
From past experiences they know
That if they let their feelings show
Love can deal a deadly blow
And break their heart into.
And so they try to be a friend
Deceive themselves until the end
True love they say is just pretend
True love is never true.
Believe in love, indeed we must
It's better that we learn to trust
For love can be to each of us
An endless fantasy.
And all the tears that used to flow
Will feed the beauty in our soul
It's love that helps to make us whole
And love that sets us free.
 

REACH OUT FOR LOVE

Be there life in me to cry outloud
I would proclaim to the world that love
Lives in each and every heart
No matter how cold or hard that heart seems.
It lies in the conscienceness of every man
Seething like smoldering fire
Ready to break forth in
A dazzling display of  brilliant light
At the first hint of  fresh air.
All that is needed
Is a breath of honesty
And true compassion.
 
 
 
 

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