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Love poems for human hearts are reflections on love and healing, restoration and newness. Humans in the world live in circumstances not as they should be – impacted by pain, loss, betrayal, shortcomings, hardship and much more. God’s love invites us to receive healing for our hurt, forgiveness for our fault, restoration after loss. God’s love for us – helps us to see ourselves as God sees us, to love God, other and self (more) healed and more free.
These poems gently include layers of human love (intimacy, friendship, family, community).
At the core throughout is God’s invitation of loving relationship offered to each of us. To heal us. Our forever-loving companion.
Scales
Find the one
Who will not be appalled
By your dragon scales
But who also knows you
Weren’t made to wear them
Who champions your
Shedding endeavour
Holding up the lamp to see
Who will rub ointment
On the wounds beneath
Who walks with you
And removes the barbs
Find the the one
Who reminds you:
You are underneath
Supple
Soft
Strong
Featherlight
Meant a dove
Not a dragon
Find the one
Committed to
Their own
Restoration
Washed
In the pure
Distillation
Of truth
And who remains
There
Until healed
And free
Find the one
Settling not
for distortions
Or lies
About self
Or other
Find the one
Who runs
After the
Light
Until both are free
~~~
Broken and (More) Whole
Broken….
Change this
Change that
Hate self
Please the other
Not good enough
Too much
Avoid the other
Unlovable
Pained
And screwed
Guard self
Body:
Both liability
And burden
Bleak
Heart
Shattered
Pieces not fully
Found
Other and self
Desperate
Together
Double-weight in grief
Unknown to self
Unknown to other
Fearful to see
Fearful to be seen
Shadow half-life
Broken
Hearts in cages
—-
(More) whole…
Body beautiful
Yours and mine
Lived in
Story of self and soul
Of abundance
Of healed scars in time
Respected
Offered
Delighted
Received
Creative
Free
Joy
And griefs are born together, easier
Love uncovers self
Holds space for other
Love helps selfsee
Love welcomes the other, seen
Wanting to be known and to know
Safe and calm
Compassion
Passion
Patience
Delight
Yes-really
This is love
~~~
Love
Love does not demand
But delights
Love does not insist
But listens
Love does not belittle
But uplifts
Love does not require
But respects
Love does not own
But offers
Love does not seek its own-renown
But serves
Love never dominates
Love never controls
Love never tricks, lies, or blames
Love takes responsibility for the self (communicates)
Love, promises, keep
Love humble, faithful, cares
Love patient-waits, welcomes, respects, believes, champions, the other
Love freely gives and freely receives
Love: thrives in truth
Love: abides in grace
~~~
To help and to hearten you
To build
Not to tear
Or rip or break
Or mock
To behold with joy
To behold
You
With
Joy
To help and to hearten you
To vision the new
To see the inspired idea
Finished
And start again
With the next
To see it through
To want to truly
Know what is in your
Heart-dreams and
To remain in humble
Awe of the treasure shared with them
To be careful with it
Tender
Even, especially, as dreams
Take on flesh
To bring you food
On plates
Snacks in bags
Beverages in cups
Fuel for the finish
To listen
And believe through it all
The building
Writings
Painting
Running
Creating
It would be complete
To stand in the rain
In delight (knowing every start and restart)
At the line
To say I always
Knew you could do it
~~~
Helped by the healed
To care
To heal
To know it’s better to prevent the breaking
Than to glue the seams
To see thriving
As good
And war wounds
As past
And prevention
Of harm
Of pain
Far better
The the best cure
A generation thriving
Informed
Known
Helped by the healed
…We must help each other heal…
~~~
Connection
WiFi Connection
Caffeine
Cake
At
A Cafe
Calloused souls
Seeking
To be softened
By the seeming nurture
Of the three
Though hidden
Much more
Deeply
They’d
Rather be
Across the table
From
You
Communication
Conversation
Truly
To listen
To be heard
To be
To
Simply
Be
…..Breathe…
Free
From judgement
Or condemnation
Our souls
Hearts
Intellect
Can hardly stand it
(So inexperienced, we, in abiding in such a place)
Yet thirst
For it
More
Than water
~~~
Long-term relationship
Long before the world
You
In the
Eye-heart
Of God
The idea of you
Delighted
Filled and full
The very
curve
of your eye
Hand
Foot
Your hair
Every internal
Space and place
The sanctuary of the Self
Carefully made
Carved stone
Muscle, breathe,
And bone
The timing of your
Days now here
Filling
Scrolls
Unfurled
Every tear of ink
Stain known
On the testimony
Of the page
Of your life
Every joy
And height
Every secret desire
And greatest hope
Just here waiting
The love letter
With your name
Written long ago
Here the
Ledger of
Your life
Paid in full
The air…. stilled
God
waiting
for you
You
Dearly
Loved
One
May you
welcome God home
To every bow arch in the cloisters
Of your heart
To find your home
With the
Holy
Abiding
With
Love
Forever
Light the Lamp 