Love and Longing

Goddess invented longing 

Woman is its embodiment 

With this fragile emotion of love

she bestowed upon us

something so tangibly felt 

yet impossible to hold

Felt in our gut

gripping at our heart

A mother giving of herself to create life

a child that will grow to forget his home inside her

She bares the scars on her body

the empty space in her belly

yet she does not forget 

and she does not stop loving

If that is not the definition of longing

I don’t know what is

We are capable of feeling so much 

in this short time we have

but we do not own these feelings

they are not ours 

to keep wrapped up and hidden from the world

for when hidden, they are lost

only when exposed do they reach their full potency

Without the longing

without our surrender to love and life

as it blossoms out of our control

we are empty shells roaming the desert

With longing there is pain and heartbreak, yes

loss and regret

there is also love and belonging

an opening

a promise of wholeness

as we expand our ability to feel 

and allow 

and let go