How to Love your Neighbor
Constantina Clark, Greens Fork, IN
Sometimes you just need to let go
Be the water flowing over the rock
With a graceful flowing rhythm
That shape-shifts its way
Over all the obstacles
That call for fluidity of spirit
Sometimes you just need to not resist
The moment that slyly beguiles you
And dance on the head of a pin
While the world holds sway
Over you and you twirl within
Creating your own separate peace
Sometimes you just need to be venerable
To open yourself up to the ebb and flow
Of your humanity as spirit embodied in flesh
Embracing the lively movement
Of what it means to be human
Subject to the energies of life
Sometimes you just need to surrender
To find your secret melody
That calls you to peace and tranquility
When faced with the moment's strife and
Let the dance of surrender shore you up
When the waves come crashing over you
Sometimes you just need to forgive yourself
For missing the mark and not getting it right
And the wanna-bees and wishes and hopes
That never quite materialized into reality
But still coyly wait to suddenly surprise you
As they sashay their way back in different forms
Sometimes you just need to love yourself
Exactly as you are, a brilliant dancer, whirling,
Engaging in life movement uniquely yours
Swaying subtly to your own special music
That kisses your soul in its own glorious way
Rejoicing in your one true being and then
And only then you'll finally love your neighbor
as yourself
