How to say ‘I love you’?
LOVE
surely no other
idea
emotion
ocean
has drawn so much
words
song
confusion
there seems little point
in trying to add
anything
only the question
in my child’s eyes …
Do you love me?
Am I OK?
Am I wanted here?
Can I rest here,
laugh here?
Am I me?
What power in a mother’s kiss
to be God’s ‘YES’
or a word chosen from the heart
or a soft brushing of an arm
or one body curling into another …
God’s YES always needs translating
so we find another,
and another,
and another way
to say ‘I love you’.
LOVE
surely no other
idea
emotion
ocean
has drawn so much
words
song
confusion
there seems little point
in trying to add
anything
only the question
in my child’s eyes …
Do you love me?
Am I OK?
Am I wanted here?
Can I rest here,
laugh here?
Am I me?
What power in a mother’s kiss
to be God’s ‘YES’
or a word chosen from the heart
or a soft brushing of an arm
or one body curling into another …
God’s YES always needs translating
so we find another,
and another,
and another way
to say ‘I love you’.