R. I. P.
Why am I still here?
What am I adding to this world?
the questions are a bit wandering
as well as wondering
I think through what I keep answering,
You’re here to spend as much time with your family as possible
You’re here to enjoy these moments
You’re here because you and I needed to meet and help each other
You’re here because the cats job isn’t done and she still needs to protect you
You’re here because there’s still meaning and purpose for you to be here
I know it’s difficult to be confused
I know it’s difficult to be dependent
I know it’s difficult to forget so many things
Life can definitely be difficult
You’re here because you’re loved
You’re here because you are adding love and joy to people’s lives
You’re here for more reasons than I can ever understand or name
(Just as we all are)
You’re here because you’re not quite ready
When you’re ready you will go
There are so many things we will never understand
as we let go into the inhale that keeps us here
so close to the exhale that lets us go
as we surrender into the soul of the soul of the universe
whose name is Love
💞
Amy Lloyd
PS I love you
So how does the chain begin to link each one of us together?
Celebrate
The
Other…
I love that you are talented
I bow to the way you help others.
That you recognize your god given gifts.
That happiness and heartbreak sound like
Hallelujah
That we speak different languages
And hold holy histories that come from the
North, the south, the east and the west.
That your joy spills out of your smiles,
That if I were to see you jump up and down
I would do the same in my heart .
You bless me with your shadows
the phases of the moon.
The creases in the broken sidewalk,
The miles you would drive to be by my side.
How feelings are important
And watching thoughts go by
Says, we are reaching fertile ground.
And though we are linked arm in arm,
I will let go of you
Be your impossible push,
Realize that all friends have their talents
But separate calls.
For in the end,
The chain was never broken
And the gift of being friends
Will always be the bond.
Beauty,
Rev. Donna Knutson
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