Love Slows

 Love slows

 

the rush of demand

leaves love standing

still

waiting…

     knowing

rush hurry push shove grab get

miss

     what love receives

in stillness… slowness

 

love knows

broken hearts

     bruised bodies

          crushed spirits

call out

     for calm

     for still

     for slow

and so love slows

 

love’s pull

     love’s attraction

is more gravity

     than magnetism

glacial in comparison

but drawing equally

like and unlike

not requiring something

     attractive

in the other but

trusting deeply

it’s unconditionality

 

But such a draw

     inexorable

is slow

     knowing fast

will break

will stumble

will fall

     so

     love slows

     Love slows

 

Love invites and… waits

     without demand

but with openness

to the moment

fear loosens grip

enough to risk

     embrace

 

God is love

and slowed to

walk at human pace

inviting us

even now

     to slow

     to walk with

     Love

to slow

     to walk with

     God