Life, live through me,
    not shame,
        for shame drives us
        to cut ourselves,
    not fear,
        for fear drives us
        to cut others,
    not perfection,
        for perfection drives us
        to despair.

No, life, fat and generous,
live through me,
    for life guides us
        to wholeness,
        and delight,
        and intimacy,
        and constant wonder.

Love, the essence of Life,
live through me,
    for Love expands us
        to kindness,
        and creativity,
        and unity,
        and the wondrous, constant Infinite.

Text and
image © 2013 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved.