February 3, 2023 – trying to write something for my mother, though as I write that I realize I will want to write something else for my mother.
We are drawn to this world to learn about love
And in this world we are loved and learn to love
But learning about love is also learning to suffer for love
And learning to love is suffering for the sake of love
So when life begins we are borne away from whence we came
Into this life where we can only remember the light
I believe we suffer this world to learn about love
And as we learn to love we give ourselves away
And as we love we willingly trade away vitality and youth
And as we love those we love until our youth is gone
Each night we get to glimpse back to from whence we came
Before this life dreaming to remember the light
This world is a terrible place and to live means to suffer
But the love in this world is love worth suffering for.
But time wears away until our bodies can no longer protect us
This mortal coil protects us and lets us share our love
And we begin to escape each night to from whence we came
We are drawn back to youth and the light
As we grow old we suffer for our children
We give them our love so that they too may find love
And knowing they are loved so that they too can love
We let our vitality slowly slip away
And then the body gives out and can’t take the world any more
And the soul is drawn back to that happy place
And bit by day, our soul stays there a little longer
Until one day… we escape.