Free Verse
Free Verse
I choose the one thing
That one thing that my heart can enter into fully
That can fully enter into my heart
You have to be willing to risk having nothing to say
You have to be willing to risk not measuring up
To love another
is to consent
to being changed
Surrendered
to being broken
into a greater fullness
of heart & being
You long for something more, something different.
You long for what you don’t yet have and don’t yet know.
I want to reveal to you
a most profound secret about yourself.
I want to whisper something
to the inner listening of your heart.
The secret of fulfillment
is in the choosing
not in the thing itself
Full-fill-ment is found in the ability to bring your whole heart
to the phenomena of your life
to fully be with
what is
At the center
of your suffering
is a seed of compassion
that is beautiful
and flawed
and human
If you wish to live
In the radical natural freedom
Of being Human
Turn your heart towards
What you secretly run from
In yourself
Be empty
You will survive
Having nothing to show for yourself
I promise
What you think you are worth
Has no value here anyway