You Become the Toughest Seed

Sometimes to love can be the toughest test, we want to turn away, but the challenge is to try not to hold on to anger, but to learn to let go and surrender. This last word is the most powerful word I have written. It is to allow, it is not cowardice or giving up, it is allowing life to take over, that is surrender. So to keep loving takes much strength and determination to not allow the dark feelings to take over. To love doesn’t mean staying in destructive relationships it may mean loving yourself enough to go, in some cases it is loving enough to stay, each person has to make the highest call there.

When we rise above what appears as negative or fearful in the world around us and then look at the good. For it is always there. That is how you get through the times ahead.

TOUGHEST SEED

A lone voice,
I dare not speak,
The harsher hearts,
Destroy to seek.

I love all people,
I don’t need to know who you are,
There is so much beauty,
Be that rising star.

All the lost opportunities to show each other,
The light that shines in your eyes,
We are so inward, so focussed on needs,
That the love – our fire – starts to bleed.

I can’t blame you for your busy life,
You don’t know any different,
Our life is strife,
Growing up with expectations and social codes,
Guides your life unconsciously,
A burdensome load.

You all have potential,
The seed of holy light,
You don’t need to be religious,
To share in this right,
It is the simple act of giving,
Even when you haven’t received,
Is the toughest test,
To grow the toughest seed.

We have to rise above the darkness,
It is not all doom and gloom and blackness,
Be aware of the information that infiltrates
Your mind,
It is not the full story of this time,
There is much good news and happiness to tell,
There are small acts of kindness from women and men,
It won’t be reported on CNN,
But we cover over our delicate heart,
To protect and harden,
The pain is so sharp,
But to open like a flower and let the light,
Warm your beautiful face,
Is the heart of this trial,
The point of the case.