A Gift of Love

Gifts of the heart,

Gifts of the soul,

I reach to you with loving care

With arms stretched 

From my heart to yours.

Will you receive this gift?

Will you take it like an embrace?

My arms stretched around you

Communicating the love I feel,

I feel welcomed by your receiving.

Life is about what you give,

Life gains purpose,

I build this life upon my gifts,

My generosity,

Learning as my heart expands each time.

I also am learning that I am a gift,

A journey long

That I have taken,

To understand that this life

The struggle, the pain

Is all love waiting to be hatched.

And with you I communicate,

We hold each other’s pain,

Each other’s journey,

Bringing light to the cracks

Creating story.

So I learn,

I open and I expand,

Slowly letting love caress the pain,

The aches and scars of growing,

And I paint beautiful colors upon the marks.

I become a canvas, 

Built upon my giving,

I learn the gift is in the giving,

The healing in the sharing,

I am found, I belong.

A rainbow of grief,

A palate of sorrow,

A colored pencil waiting to make my mark

Of love,

My human spirit breathes.