To love in life
To live, to feel
The joy it captures
The pain it brings
To experience the balance
To dance in the sunshine
And exist in the darkness
To experience its strength
To see its beauty past the anguish
To know the depth is limited.
As sharp as it feels
To trust
Its safe to feel into the cracks.
Into the fractures of the soul.
Deep into the darkness
Long enough to recognize the light
Glistening at the end
To hear the screams
And envision the ache escaping
Releasing,
Freely into the ether
Up to the heavens
Our cries carried.
Heard.
Held.
To see the tears drip
Out of your soul
Into the earth
To regenerate
Become something new.
Something that could only be
Fed by the pain.
Something that rises because of it
Like a phoenix from the ashes
Realizing you were given the gift of love
A love that mattered.
That changed you
That morphed your being
That gave life.
Gave warmth
That built your capacity
Taught you
How you wanted to be
Love that has lived beyond death
That exists within me
Because of you.
A love that remains
Strong, fiery, powerful
Grand enough to be gifted to someone else
In the way you graced me with yours
In the way you showed me how.
In a way that brought me life.
