One Word for All the Words	

I don’t know
What I want
To say to you today
Except
Love

As a subject
And a verb
And an object
More a complement
Because
Well
Enough objectifying
Of and in
Our world

The love
That comes from God
Though it must also be
The love
Coming from each other

The love of self
The love of neighbor
Well
That’s God-
Determined
Certainly

But it must work through us
Through all our words
And all our action
Because
Love’s always expected

We can’t help it
There it is
It’s how we’re made
And how we can’t
Unmake ourselves

We’re creatures of love
Made by it
And kept by it
Today into tomorrow
Mostly
In this moment

When we’ll respond to anything
Our of our love
Our desire
Our delight
Our disappointment when
Something else might be dispensed
And so received
Even in a drowning way
The meanness
(both kinds)
And frustration
Which can be overwhelming

Then
Don’t we don’t face it
We know what
Might happen
Next

Because it’s love
Sorry
It’s love
That is beneath
Every motivation
Every word
Every movement

God is love
And for our fleshly lives
It might be
At least think and feel
More important

We are love
And must be love
That like dreams
Maybe should not all
Always
Come true

C L Couch


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Be Happy Museum Kraków, Karmelicka, Kraków, Poland
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