there is no love
that dare not speak its name
love dare not keep quiet
love cannot keep still
for love is shameless frolic
weightless
unselfconscious
fully conscious
deadly serious
delirious
mutual delight
in the glad light of day
love is knowing pleasure
of heart and head and body
commingling of souls
drinking deep
the intoxicating draught
flowing from the heart of god
if we are made in God’s image
then love is our dance
of gratitude
our full-throated song
love and shame
can no more coexist
than faith and hatred
we love
because we were first loved
because we are loved
because love is the only response
worth living
perfect love
casts out fear
and judgment too
who has time for such nonsense
for such unloving
unworthy pursuits
when the beloved is near
when the beloved calls?
when we are weary
of the hard, cold, unsatisfying
demands of dogmas and doctrines
when law has ceased to free us
when we see people
as us and not them
when the fuse of our anger
is thoroughly spoiled
from our tears
of joy and sorrow and commonality
when we see one big same
and can celebrate our sameness
and delight in our differences
when we throw down our arms
and throw our arms around
each other
when we see
at last
through the lens of love
this prism
that celebrates
each color of the spectrum
when we surrender
to the unrelenting
unquestioning
embrace of love
love
which encapsulates
the highest mandates
of divinity
love
against which
there is no law
on heaven or earth
when we can do this
we will finally have
a marriage
of equals
and love
at last
will be the law
of the land
May 2012
Posted by kevinreeve 
