pause

today

I hope you stop

to feel the lustrous glow of sunshine

taste something sweet or juicy or both –

whatever you fancy

I hope you connect

with someone

anyone

I hope you feel

something that makes you feel alive

makes you pause

celebrate

feel gratitude

for each breath

I hope you think new thoughts

about old things

I hope you get a hug or smile or both –

whatever you need

I hope you remember

to do something benevolent for you

to be a little less critical of you

and everyone around you

I hope you hear music

that touches you somewhere

you didn’t think it could reach

I hope you teach someone else

to do the same

whatever it is

wherever it is

I hope you

do it

in

love.

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hey love,

can i sit inside 

you for a moment?

have a heart to heart 

with your heart? 

can i oil your scalp

with sunshine and prayers?

can i soothe the ache 

of your wounds broken open?

may i water the buds that 

stem from your spine?

because i’ve been trying—

tracing and weaving words

through space and time

just to find you 

can i sit with you 

in a lonely silence 

longing for nothing 

but us?

may i kneel 

before you,

palms open

with love letters 

and poems?

can i be the song

you sing that makes 

you come alive? 

can i tease out

your vulnerable side? 

i just…

never mind

hey love,

please—

allow my nature

to be the moon that 

pulls the tide of you

let me consume you 

with compassion 

wrap you up 

in the sweater 

of my energetic affection

and somatic expressions 

of love and light 

can i fight for you

when your tongue is heavy, 

and your flesh, weak? 

can i speak to 

the quietest parts of you?

turn each page of your journey 

into chapters of lessons and truth? 

hey love,

does this resonate 

with you? 

and do you recognize

this voice?

listen close, my love

this is You

speaking 

to

you