just to be loved
& open to love
however un
deserving we
feel.
to be loved as
we are for
who we
are.
to be loved for
our mother’s
magnetic radiance
for our father’s
ambivalent
shadow.
to be cared for
in sickness &
comforted on our
saddest day.
to be cured by
loving
pain.
to be empowered by
love
to fail &
succeed
to find and to
cherish
to change naturally in
season.
to learn in a way
that’s bigger than
forgetting
to love in a way
more formidable
than
time.
to walk through
life sharing gifts of
sunlight.
to trust & touch &
sleep without
worry.
to hug our bodies
together over &
over til they
turn to
gold.
to embrace each breath
fearlessly
& always
with an open
heart.