Martin's Thoughts
Althea's Thoughts
As an adult, the notion of love conjures up a compilation of images, feelings, and ideas. Interestingly, Love is often tied into feelings of obligation, commitments (often broken), heartache, and the familiar saying, "Love hurts." Swirled together with pleasant and maybe not so happy family experiences, friendships or relationships went awry, Love can come out with a pretty bad name.I see the sign
It reads words of the great
MLK.
"Hate cannot drive out hate,
only love can do that."
Layers
How can we get to the Love
as it seems to be buried
beneath
the
Layers.
Layers from outside,
from these worldly ways,
from the looks,
the words,
the feelings,
the grand whole of experiences.
Layers.
We cover the desire
burning desire,
the need
to feel
Love.
Drinking
Smoking
Eating
TVing
Binging
More TV
Computer
Look away
Zone out
ignore
pacify
medicate
ignore some more
the need
need for Love
Layers.
Peeling away
sometimes chipping
oh and that hurts;
we feel we need
the Layers.
Some have many
while others wish to see
through
to the core…
that still,
sparkly place
where Love
lies,
waiting beneath
the Layers.