Animal Love

So much has been said and written
Of what friendship means
When it binds one human to another
Of the fervent love-lorn, “smitten”,
Or bonds within our genes,
Or love of sister, brother, father, mother

We receive another form of
Love that is unique
In a world we mutually inhabit
Freely it is given, this love
Happily I speak
Of the pets and wildlife on this planet

A pet’s love for the people who
Treat them like ‘adopted child’
Is unconditional; it has no strings
Cognizant of a ‘balance’ too
Between life in the wild
And all of us who care about these things

We can learn so much from them
How they all survive
In a world filled with uncertainty
Every species is a gem
That deserves to be alive
No less for how they love than you and me
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The Love of God

The love of God is why we’re here
Regardless of how we define Him
In every faith He is standing near
Closing our eyes will not blind Him

He’ll always see us in His light
And listen when we are praying
And because He is always right
He will understand what we’re saying

Better than we could know ourselves
He can read what the Heart meant
And the things that are best for us
Like the most nurturing parent

The love of God is everywhere
The scale of it can’t be measured
It’s a gift we may never repay,
But a gift that may always be treasured
Secret Dreams of The Heart

There is a place within us at the core of who we are
Where all our deepest wishes live and grow
Unless we have one soul-mate who shares every single thought
These wishes are for us alone to know

They may be dreams beyond our reach, too lofty to attain
Or something we’re too proud to say we need
Something we aspire to that keeps our soul alive
Motivating us to just succeed

Whatever we want most in life will make us ache inside
But without those aches we are a shell
Some of us will cry ourselves to sleep, and some will fight
To make the dreams come true, or break their spell

Do we own our secret dreams, or are we owned by them?
Are the things we wish for all they seem?
Each of us is different but what truly binds us all
Is this; because we’re human we will dream.