Kahlil Gibran - The Prophet by Julian Colgan

(Love's Ways)

The stillness of a dove

is of the prophet's peace to mankind.

Though following the voice of love

is a steep hill to climb,

love does not wait for the indolent and lazy.

When the wings of love's embrace

shelters you from the hidden pains of the soul,

your empathy for others may make you cringe

at the sight of love's incessant demands.

At peace with your shattered dreams

and hurricane like life,

attentively listen to all of love's revelatory dreams.

As love exalts you, so too shall it make you

into a walking cross for the intensified pruning

of your nearly luminescent soul.

Ascending to the greatest of heavens

and supporting the branches

of your nearly extinct faith in mankind's woes,

love shall make you descend to the root

of your sufferings in order to shake

you loose from all that which

is clinging to the mundaneness of being.

Grinding you to the whiteness of spiritual purity,

and rolling the flour of your realizations

into a host of eatable goods,

the grace that is love transforms

you into the delicious bread of God's festivities.

Moved about by love's soothing hands,

loving in a compassionate manner

is the secret of becoming a fragment of love's totality.

Afraid of not exclusively experiencing

the pleasures and highs of love's embrace,

it is then appropriate to cover the

nakedness of your heart

and to become a part of the conventional world

where laughter resounds, but never to its fullest extent.

 

 By Julian Colgan (Copyright)

The Blue Cross and Shining Sunset Academy

(iamthemonad.blogspot.com)