stay soft

stay soft
and
respect the thorn.
learn the velvet
touch of the petal
and
the pierce
of the prick.
heart beams
and
bloodshed
co-exist
just as love
and
pain
remain
constants
in our human
being-ness.
hold the ones
you love
with tenderness
and
great care -
yet let them go
with the same ease
of a breeze
the stirs
the night air.
one can let go
and still be with -
renowned love
glistens with liberation
for the unity
to be true.
profound love
drips freedom
and lets
all parties
exist in the truth
of being untethered
to a roof -
for a roof
holds the love in
while an open top
lets it expand
and touch
the spirit of all matter.
perhaps true love
is simply
the constant act
of letting go -
and
of not knowing -
and
of allowing
the growing
to take place
as it is meant to.