what's love got to do with it ?

what's love got to do with anything ?

everything !

looking back over
life gone by
it seems so clear to me
i've had to
medicate myself
in order just to bear
the unexpected visitations
of those daunting
ghosts and demons....
horror, terror
hopelessness and despair

in so doing
i lost the will to feel
unconditional heartfelt love
for anyone or anything
i could think love's thoughts
and dream love's dreams
i could imagine
being that one in love
but the sorry truth
was i could not
ever be that love
as i'd forgotten
how to feel

by some tender mercy
i now do hear
love's subtle song
softly played upon 
my own heart's strings
this is the grace
of these living days

i live alone
i eat alone
i sleep alone
yet, within my being
i know a love for
all within creation

if i were to depart today,
i'd miss you one and all
and what's curious to me
is that i'd miss that
very farthest star
perhaps the most of all

it seems there's
neither good nor evil
that human thinking
doesn't make it so....

words borrowed
from the bard

there's nought that's
not divinely cast
i've always had these eyes
and through a
simple leap of faith
i now have come to see

just as you are
to the least of us
so are you
to thee and me....

as spoken by
the man called "jesus"

the powers that be
have granted me
blessed peace of mind....
and consequently....
a truly grateful
open and willing heart