LOVE CANNOT BE POSSESSED
Love is something we cannot possess,
For we ARE Love
The idea of possessing love
comes from the ego
Love is something we cannot possess
It possesses us
My ego projects love OUT THERE
As something that needs to be acquired
Something I need to be worthy of having
Love is something we cannot possess
It can only be held like water
As something that pours through us
Felt, tasted, and made more powerful
By virtue of our letting it go
Love is something we cannot possess
As an object enticing the eyes
In our desire for the permanence
Of physical outward beauty
As we compulsively seek the fountain of youth
Love is something we cannot possess
Any more than we can harness freedom
As something we can control
Make the rule of law
Or divvy out according to compliance
Love is a wind that has no preference
But itself
It cannot judge or punish
For it allows all things
To find their own way
Love is beyond expectation
As all outcomes are freely chosen
Right or wrong
Will not cause its restraint
Or coax preferential favouritism
Love is its own result
Graciously given
Infinitely woven
Into the fabric of life
And all manifestation
Love is not the opposite of hate
It has no opposite
Hate is simply our resistance
To being more available
To Love’s Grace
Love cannot be experienced
Through concepts
And the convoluted filters
Of mind-driven emotions
Attempting to have things conform to what we want
Love is something that cannot be possessed
It is a generous invitation
To surrender one’s will
To servicing
Boundless benevolence
Love is That
Which promises more
When all you have
Has been given away
With no fear of lack
For poverty
is the grasping hand
Fearing what it will not have
If one’s wealth and love
Is unreservedly shared.
Love cannot be possessed.
-TruGuy Starhorse
Feb. 9, 2024
