This is not personal

This is not personal

this dissonance, this mismatch

between you and me.

It is fed by many generations

of not knowing how

to speak love, show love, be love.

It is amplified by

strong expectations, deep disappointments

situations becoming other than expected.

It is sustained by cycles of tough ‘love’

of not knowing that love

is giving freely

without any expectation of returns.

It is fed by learned disappointments

and lack of understanding.

Here is a chance to break these cycles

they are not forged out of steel.

Here is a chance to tread a new path

where to say ‘I love you’

is as natural and easy as

breathing out.

Here is a chance to start afresh

to open a door that seemed closed and

tightly locked.

Here is a chance to tread a new path

to speak love, show love, be love.

© 14 Jun 20