You do not have to work so hard for love.
To beg, to plead.
(I say to myself)
To apologize for things you have not done just to
Keep the peace.
To prove your worthiness.
(Once upon a time I too did these things)
It took a long hard fall for me to learn
(I learn more everyday)
I cannot measure how much I love myself by
How much anyone else loves me.
(I remind myself)
I am worthy of my own unconditional love.
There is such peace
And freedom
In releasing the need to explain and define
Yourself to others.
If they do not see you
Then they are not ready for your magic,
(Just as you may not see them)
And that is okay.
Just keep standing tall
And love all.
Someone told me
The people who did these things to me are not here anymore.
They can no longer hurt me.
Why this did not occur to me before,
I do not know.
Maybe because i still hear their
Voices.
Maybe because every sense and nerve in me reacts to
Certain noises and movements as if those people are still in the same room with me;
I feel the ghost of their touch.
I am ready to let them go now;
To see them, to feel them fade
Away into nothingness.
They can no longer keep
Their
Invisible grip
Because you cannot
Imprison
Peace.
You cannot hold love captive.
I am no longer fear,
I am love
And love is free.
exactly
what are your intentions
as you
lift your voice and
preach most mightily,
most vigorously
for peace
with a mouth full of poison
and a heart
full
of hate?
My fixer heart.
So busy trying to keep the peace in my Surroundings,
In other people,
That I was left confused at
The war raging in me.
against myself
Slowly
I have learned to do the opposite.
Keep the peace in me
And all else follows.
When you think you are at peace
Sit longer.
Peace is inexhaustible.
Dive in.
Peace knows no
Measure,
No depth.
Sit a moment
And lay your burden down.
Listen.
Look.
Breathe.
See the details.
The small things.
You do not need to search for
Beauty.
You do not need to search for
Peace.
The peace is in you.
You carry it in your soul,
In your heart.
Beauty is in your eyes.
Only you can see as you choose.
When you choose peace and beauty,
Then
There it is.
Have you ever considered?
Chole Into Diamonds 