Love Goes With You

Yesterday I took a big stumble

The ground reached up and tumbled me to the ground

I lay there for awhile, tears streaming down my face

My knee on fire in blazing agony

Yesterday, after the fall, I recognized I had been running from myself

As I walked and walked along the coastline of the Aegean Sea

I thought of my mom and brother, and the courage it must have taken them both to get out of bed every morning

Wondering if their legs would hold them, or collapse

Yesterday I put the traumas in my life as part of the whole rather than the punctuations

And memories of joy and pleasure, of immense creativity and grace

Of beauty and love, of laughter and peace

Flooded my body

A simple shift, a profound shift

Yesterday a beloved friend told me. “Love goes with you”

And with a certainty new to me, I experienced the wind at my back

Holding me, holding me, holding me

I walked forward knowing love as my companion, holding my hand,

Touching my face, keeping me company and so, rather than looking out for love

I discovered love goes with me wherever I am.

Today the sun streams through my window onto my face as I lie in bed

My knee buckles when I try to stand and so

I slide down the stairs

Walk slowly into the kitchen

Open the doors to the day

And let the blessings wash over me.

Wherever you are a voice whispers to me, love goes with you.