World Poetry Day...a poem

HAPPY WORLD POETRY DAY

Here is my offering:

I Am Love

If you deny me, mistrust me,

Use me, abuse me, ignore me,

I shall not go,

For I am love.

If you run, hide in the shadows,

Refuse me and turn away

I shall not go

For I am love.

If you twist me, misrepresent me with

Fickle words and false affections,

I shall not go

For I am love.

Whenever you hurt, feel lost,

Or pain consumes you

I shall be there

For I am love.

And should you ever feel worthless,

lonely or mistreated

I shall be there

For I am love.

Whatever you do and whatever you say

Wherever you go and whatever you need

I shall be there

For I am love.

(published in Areopagus in 2006)