All a loved one wants is for you to stay there at the end of the night
Kiss their hand gently
Interlock your fingers
And have there be no place else you’d like to be
Whether it be on a picnic in a bright, sunny meadow
By the bus stop on a clear September evening
Or at home during an unrelenting thunderstorm
When somebody touches your heart…
There’s such excitement
Such uncertainty
Such warmth
The sensory overload is beyond overwhelming
It’s a plain of thought far exceeding human compassion
It’s an aura – a basis for learning, creation, honesty, poise, and communication
It’s the ultimate drug and somehow a very sacrificial mindset as well
Something you would be willing to do almost anything to bottle up and sell it by the pound on the side of the road
Maybe even save a couple jars for yourself on a rainy day
Love in our hearts is what makes us live our lives the way we do
To see what we choose to see in the ones we live for
To go where we need to travel and experience camaraderie, purpose, meaning
In simplest terms, in any sense, love gives us the opportunity to feel complete –
Especially in times of weakness, or uncertainty
Love offers a pathway to a place where the world makes sense to us in a truly profound manner
To which I say
Bless us all to be granted the capabilities *of* love and more importantly, the gift *to* love