Lovers

Lovers 1/31/2014

No man can define love

And no man
Can truly tell you

What it means

To really understand.

Life goes by in a blur

In fast moving images

That we only half remember

And never appreciate.

I look out the window

And imagine my heart

At the bottom of a frozen pond

Cold, dormant, and slowly beating

Just enough to keep me alive.

Nothing lasts forever

But the road to redemption

Can take a very long time

As we shuffle our feet

One in front of the other.

Going through the motions

Of getting up

And going to bed

Forcing yourself through

When you are too tired to care.

There is no use

In getting angry

When there is always something

You can do

In the here and now.

Prepare yourself

And plan for the end

Because it will always come

Like a thief in the night.

We get ready for many things

But seldom remember what matters

Because none of this lasts

And we can’t take it with us. 

We can spin our wheels

Or we can love with all our heart

Waging war

With our prayers, thoughts,

And words.

It’s never too late

Until it’s over

And nothing is over

Until the end.

The world like gravity

Drags us down

As we struggle against entropy

To breathe and live.

But today we rise

And today we live

With more than enough time

To embrace the truth. 

Free yourself

From all that is false

And fling yourself

Above and beyond. 

Grasp for the eternal

Never closer than now

Even if you cannot see it

And even if

It hurts.