Stay

Stay here

Even though at times it seems a dark place

This earthly life you walk

From which outside acts of love are missing

Can you stay close to the heart in you

That hungers and knows what love is

Even from its absence

Stay here

And nurture your inner life

Pour water on the flowers

Allow the spine in you to become a strong trunk

That connects you to

And helps you draw sustenance

From earthly being

Giving life to branches of

Authentic expression

Inward

And outward

Reaching

Stay here

Close to the centre

And light a fire

To warm your inner life

Know that all you give

Is given to you

And to live is a gift

That you are precious

And known

And loved

Even in the midst of

Deepest aloneness

Deepest silence