The Love Amongst Us – Holiday Poem

The Love Amongst Us
Within us, through us,
Around and between us
Is ever so much stronger
Than the forces attempting
To cloud or obstruct.
Heartache and break
Angst, tears and wounds
We do endure.
The pain, it serves
To glue and bind us
To those who stay
To those who pray beside us
For that ray of light
To pierce the darkness
To open the door
To new scenes
And rich love
A deeper love
A sweeter love
Than even we
Have hoped to imagine.
May the purest love
Born deep inside us
Be sparked and kindled,
Spread through tentacles
By thought
By word
Indeed, by deed.
A gentle glance
A quiet knowing
Of the truth ushered in
That the power of love
Through strain and turbulence,
Earthquake and storm,
Will nourish our souls
Will press on through,
Renewing our faith
In flawed perfection.
We trust each other.
We trust ourselves
And the dawns ahead,
Their puzzles and questions,
The wonder and awe
At the work of art
That is this life.