Why settle for less than this:
The love that holds you
when you feel shattered, broken,
exhausted.
The love that embraces you
while your heart is aching
and swaddles you with its warm presence
while you are quaking with fear.
The love that doesn't turn away.
The love that never shames you.
Never tries to fix you or tell you
that you are wrong, or sick,
or unevolved.
The love that sees you.
That validates your experience.
Bows to your perceptions, desires,
feelings, needs.
Sees your anger as holy.
Your sorrow as sacred.
But doesn't try to save you.
The love that doesn't promise
what it cannot deliver.
The love that doesn't expect you
to abandon yourself either.
This is the love you deserve, friend,
because it's the love that you are.
The love that radiates from your very core.
And you long for your own reflection.
Your own radiance, reflected!
To feel alive, yes, to let your soul sing!
And to be witnessed by a mate.
A friend. A lover.
For a day. For a week.
Or for a lifetime.
In presence,
we can all be soul mates
for each other.
- Jeff Foster
