The gift

I love the gift of words,
Though I stumble and I fall
I love the way they guide me
To understand it all
The passion of a moment,
The pleasure of a smile
To hear my name in your voice
You make my ears worthwhile.

I love the gift of memory
Thought it sometimes causes pain
I love to just remember
Moments you're with me again
To repeat your laughter
In my head, rewind and then hit play.
Takes me to my happy place
I could live and die this way.

I love the gift of silence
Though it's awfully loud sometimes
I want to be there in your quiet
And witness you, sublime.
To sit so still beside you
Without a need to speak
Humbled in your presence
Like a child, small and weak.

I love the gift of pain,
Though it can take me unaware
I love the way it teaches, warns
Of dangers that are there.
Of emotional baggage I need to drop
Of things I need to see
Of the worries I have to leave
To authentically be me.

I love the gift of separation
Though I am in agonies for you
I love way I have to love
Without condition to be true
To lose the expectation
Of a connection here my love.
To let go of my desire
And trust in powers from above.

I love the gift of faith
Though I often lose my way
I love the way I have to fly
Without wings most every day.
The feeling of being alone
The illusion we have to break
The thoughts that ego gives us
Until we fully are awake.

I love the gift of you
Though I miss you with every breath
I love everything you teach me
Though I often feel like death
The release of loving just to love
Liberates and frees me
It takes me to the ocean
And brings me to my knees.

I love the gift of me
Though I am baffled by my choices
I love the path I walk with friends
I love all of your voices
Those of you who walk with me
And those who tag along
Make a weary journey easier,
And bring pleasures of pure song.

I love the gift of poetry
Though I surely am no master
I love the poetry of your face
It makes my heart beat faster
I love the music in your voice
I love the smell of your perfect skin
I love how much I love you
I love how very deeply I am in.

I love that this all for you, dear one,
Though you have no clue
I care not that you do not know
For some day I will show you.
You will see all of the love
You will experience my gift
You will know why you felt loved
Before you felt the consciousness just shift.

I stand before you naked
I am open as a book
I stand before you loving you
Please, just take a look
See with the eyes of your soul
Put your ego in a box
Experience the gift of truth
Answer the door when my love knocks.