to love someone deeply

To love someone deeply gives you strengh
Being loved by someone deeply gives you courage.
Lao-Tzu

To love someone deeply gives you strength.
         I learn to cherish myself
         looking deeply in the mirror to find joy
         laughter and beauty
         I rejoice first in life’s simplicity,
         I sow the grains of emotion
         then let them safely germinate deep in my heart
         and cultivate the flower with my beloved
         to you, ultimate soul-mate, I would share my love

         inhale, exhale; taste life’s miracles
         the wells of fresh spring water
         the profound moonlit shadows
         between companions enamored
         of life’s greatness, of cosmic union;
         you have offered me the gift of believing

         with might, I can scale the mountains of adversity
         with intensity, I can face the obstacles of loneliness
         with love I defy separation and death
         because my inner being shines brightly
         a beacon towards tolerance and truth
To love you, inexorably, gives me unsuspected force.

Being loved by someone deeply gives you courage.
         cherished like a china doll, protected like an infant
         honored like a faithful individual
         you will hold my hand, calming my nocturnal fears
         your warm tender embrace shows me the way
         to feel that I am finally the center of the universe
         but giving way when you require the limelight
         learning the importance of unselfishness

         you, a unique being radiating peace and beauty
         an apprentice seeking my light, my wisdom
         vibrating to the promise of my songs
         but you, equally my mentor and inspiration
         the person meant to let me exalt myself
         while following you on your path
         allowing us to be joined today
         your life entwined in my life,
         creating the promise of tomorrow together

         I am free to speak of my joys, my desires
         calmly you have showed me the lessons of meditation
         my intense silence when your need is great
         shows you the wealth of my emotions expanding daily
         into a universe of peace and wisdom

         together we will build landscapes
         of knowledge and tranquility
         that others will admire as they view
         the world from our heights,
         ecstatic and marveling at the harmony
         of our space, together in the universe.
Being loved by you, endlessly, gives me the will to dream.


to love someone deeply
February, 2007
Written for the Quotation Inspiration : Official Contest
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