Sunday 7 December 2014

This Is Not a Love Poem

i am in love with people and places
in love with the thinkers, the creators, the wanderers
in love with big dreams, cautionary tales and storytellers

in love with the world around me and its curiosity
in love with every sunrise, falling sky and a million mysteries
in wondrous, captivating, all-encompassing love with a God
so big i can't fathom the story (and a love even bigger)

in love with oceans and the way they give and take away
in love with sharp boundaries and the fences we break
in love with living, and its infinitesimal nature; moth to flame

in love with the unflinching strength of the human heart
in love with raw emotion and difficult conversations, and
in love with the most elusive thingchaotic inspiration

in love with statistical improbabilities
in love with maybes, what-ifs and possibilities
in love with Taylor Swift day-dreaming, wish-upon-a-star hoping

in love with a broken, beautiful generation of hearts
in love with the invitation to believe in better days
in love with the people i am lucky enough to meetalways

in love with the mathematicians of the ages, on black-and-white thrones
in love with the open-hearted stranger looking for answers
in so much love with the incredible great unknown

in love with everyday kings and queens
in love with an unbreakable, intimate, earth-span community
in love with a royal court that was only ever built for loving

i am in love with people and their stories
i am in love with people
i am in love
i am