I love you…
Can I look into the eyes of a stranger and say,
I love you?
Can I say to the officer who’s just given me a traffic ticket,
I love you?
Can I say to the swarthy and gruff guy who’s just handed me my gyro,
I love you?
Can I say to the guy who’s just showed me the finger in traffic,
I love you?
Can I look into the eyes of my boss after he just fired me and say,
I love you?
Can I tenderly say to her who has just broken up with me,
I love you?
Can I say, I love you, to a son or daughter who just used a profanity against me?
Can I, not condescendingly, say I love you to a father or mother who has just unfairly upbraided me?
Can I forgive a friend who was harsh with me and say,
I love you?
Can I focus on my beloved’s good points after a tirade against me, and say,
I love you?
Can I forgive a lover’s infidelity and say,
I love you?
I don’t’ know,
Some of these, we’ve all done,
Others take more practice…
I love you dear reader and fellow-poet…
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Posted: Mar 2011
About this poem:
Note: [‘I love you…’,
All gurus, all religions, all of the spiritual paths tell us that this is the most transformative phrase in the universe…
Why then do we not use it every chance we get?
Recently, I came across a group of people who live, and I mean really live this dictum,
I love you…
They end their emails and telephone conversations with it, they hug and kiss strangers and tell them,
I love you…
I promise you, I’ll never forget the first time a guy said ‘I love you’ to me, and even more amazing, was that I reciprocated and meant it…
Wow, what an unparalleled experience…
I still find it very hard to say ‘I love you’ to a guy…, but, I’m practicing… I am Hellene(Greek), but born and bred outside of Hellas(Greece), I will never forget the first time a male fellow-Hellene kissed me on both cheeks as he greeted me, I broke out in an embarrassed cold sweat, it was always a warm glow and sheen, though, when an attractive young female Hellene greeted me that way…, so, yes, the concept is ancient, but, there’s something dramatically different about the way this group I referred to, does it. They do it from a place deep inside themselves, a place which recognizes that we’re all One! Further, they’ve come to this after a lot of study, meditation and discussion… And, no, they’re not the hippies and flower children of yesteryear constantly high on something,
No, they’re educated, somber, responsible family men and women and even children are picking up on the love vibe…]
Comments (39)
i love you...
i love you Marikia...
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Lovely poem though and if only the world could see things with your eyes, I'm sure we'd all be happier.
love you...
Barriers we build.....We miss out.
i love you...
[It means you respect, care, and are devoted to that person even though he/she is not your lover... ]
in my reckoning, you hit the nail on the head, of one of the many aspects one can elaborate on dear soul, thank you, and for that, i ofcourse,
love you...
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love
your write
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yes, I love you.
Really at a loss for words at the moment - though so many things to think on - except to say:
"I Love You, too!" - in the same spirit as it is given in your outstanding poem...
i love your poem
i love the concept
i love you, friend
Please forgive me
Thank you
I love you
I love you. Niah
I love you dear reader and fellow-poet… are words I can readily embrace, too, when directed at you! "Love & Light" right back atcha!