11.29.2006

to understand love

a weary heart stopped crying long enough to see the sky

and she fell in love with beauty there --

out of the dark forest she wandered

into the wide open spaces of peace

afforded by the warmth of the sun

and the promise after the storm clouds passed.

“now i see,” she mused to the emptiness,

“now i see.”

a sudden illumination, leading to a repose

such as this is indeed a welcome reprieve

from the tumult the heart had formerly known.

she stretched out in happy satisfaction

on the cold damp earth

and let the sun dry her out of her soggy state.

dryness and clarity baked into her,

and she began to understand love.

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