Love

For some, it takes a life-time to learn to know,
to comprehend, to believe, to trust.

For others, it takes a life-time to learn to undo,
to leave behind, to disown, to disavow.

For some, it takes a life-time to learn to live,
to apprehend, to bring into being, to bring to birth.

For others, it takes a life-time to learn to negate,
to disobey, to revolt against, to be revolted by.

For some, it takes a life-time to learn its complexity,
its insistence, its potential for good, its life.

For others, it takes a life-time to unlearn its harm,
its ruination, its failings, its damage.

For some, it is only good.
For others, it is only bad.

For some, for others, for all –
let love, true love, bring hope.

 

 

26th March 2015