Love, This Much

You are not, “Too much”.

You have never been, “Too much”.

You are this much:

You are the rainbow that embraces the vast valley,
with a radiance even hardened Hearts can see.

You are the kookaburras perched up high,
creating waves of wild joy in a sombre sky.

You are the river stones made smooth by the great flow,
freed from the need to control how or when to let go.

Oh, Beautiful Soul, you are THIS MUCH –
and more…

You are the fertile garden, rich in both fruit and flower;
the volcano’s fiery display of its own immense power;
you’re the children playing in, dancing in…enjoy-ing!…the rain;
and you are the symphony orchestra soaring,
again and again.

And again, I am here to remind you
that in your blazing moments
of what’s true,
you already know:
what you most hunger and long for
is you. Gift to yourself this
much.

(late 2024)

Note about the image above: it is from ESA’s Herschel Space Observatory and shows a portion of the Rosette nebula, a stellar nursery about 5,000 light-years from Earth in the Monoceros, or Unicorn, constellation.