And what is it to love

But to put yourself

In their shoes

 

To be ready to accept

All that is

 

To be willing to look deeply

At your own wounds

And share

Your knowing

 

What is it to love

But to hold

space

For others

 

And what is it to be whole

But to realize

‘They’ are me?

 

To judge

Comes from fear

 

To love

Comes from knowing

 

May these words

Transcend 

And penetrate

Your being

For greater knowing

To arise.