Thank you for joining me for my third love verse.
This is called Love Loves.
There are people walking around with smiles they've put on,
All the while woundful and scarred,
Taking care of life while nervous and unsure.
They are fragile,
Scared,
And hurting,
Sometimes selfish,
Sometimes just sad,
Often armed with a multitude of strategies to protect themselves from pain or the perception of it.
People of all cultures,
All faiths,
All ages,
All races,
Even those who have it or keep it together and are doing well.
It's part of our humanness and part of our journey,
Regardless of our outlook and skill set,
Regardless of our belief systems or spiritual life,
Regardless of our mental health and our energy,
We all have stories that have built us and at times broken us,
And we all have the desire to connect,
To belong,
And to be cared about.
There are people looking at each other and missing who they're looking at because they aren't seeing who they're looking at.
They're seeing the outside and all the externals of who they're looking at.
Love looks at people and sees their insides.
Love sees past the curtains,
Past the barricades,
And past the facades.
Love sees inside and recognizes all the ways a heart beats.
Love says,
You are worthy.
Love is healing.
Love is certain.
Love is constant and love is strong.
Love is assurance,
Pure,
Selfless,
Graceful,
And faithful.
Love is a strength through seasons that threaten our joy and unshakable through storms that hurl us into unwelcome chaos.
Love protects us without consequence,
Through shame,
Fear,
Or attack,
And celebrates not as much all that we do,
But all that we are.
Because love seeks to love,
Not to be loved in return.
Love seeks to console,
Not to be the one who is consoled.
Love seeks to understand,
Not needing to always be understood.
Love is not a seeker of attention,
Accolades,
Or any kind of gain.
Love loves without an agenda.
Love knows no bounds and love always wins.
