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We Make It So Hard

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , on April 21, 2013| 3 Comments »

Oh Silly Fools
trying to unlock
the door of love
using a wrench
and a heave
and a grunt
when all we need
to do
is knock

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Wu Wei

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , on January 17, 2013| 2 Comments »

Love wakes up in the dark.
She does not make you waffles.
She does not light a candle.
She does not wake you
with a wild symphony of kisses.
She does not sing .
She does not paint you art.
She sits on the couch and
watches outside as the sun
does not yet give any hints
of rising. If someone were
to walk by, they might say,
this is Love? I thought
it looked different.
She does not bake your
favorite cake today,
nor your favorite bread.
She does not whisper to you. Come noon,
she does not catch you by the hand
and rush you into the middle
of the field where it’s whiter
and wider and warm. She does not
wish on any of the evening’s
glittering stars. She does not
offer you chocolates nor wine.
And all day, quietly, listening
to your heart, she deepens in her work,
which is no work at all,
who could explain it, (have you watched
the way a lily opens?)
loving you.

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