It is true that
\nevery blessing begins
\nwith love,
\nthat whatever else
\nit might say,
\nlove is always
\nprecisely its point.<\/p>\n
But it should be noted
\nthat this blessing
\nhas come today
\nespecially to tell you
\nit is crazy about you.
\nThat it has been
\nin love with you
\nforever.
\nThat it has never
\nnot wanted
\nto see your face,
\nto go through this world
\nin your company.<\/p>\n
This blessing thought
\nit was high time
\nit told you so,
\njust to make sure
\nyou know.<\/p>\n
If it has been shy
\nin saying this,
\nit has not been
\nfor any lack of
\nwanting to.
\nIt\u2019s just that
\nthis blessing
\nknows the risk
\nof offering itself
\nin a way that
\nwill so alter you\u2014<\/p>\n
not because it thinks
\nyou could stand
\nsome improving,
\nbut because this is
\nsimply where
\nloving leads.<\/p>\n
This blessing knows
\nhow love undoes us,
\nunhinges us,
\nunhides us.<\/p>\n
It knows
\nhow loving
\ncan sometimes feel
\nlike dying.<\/p>\n
But today
\nthis blessing
\nhas come to tell you
\nthe secret
\nthat sends it
\nto your door:
\nthat it gives itself
\nonly to those
\nwilling to come alive;
\nthat it vows itself
\nonly to those
\nready to be
\nborn anew.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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