lessons from the universe...

teach me how to love, she said.
teach me purity of heart, she asked.

and the world fell apart.
everything she knew changed.

she learned to start anew.
begin over.

she thought the hard part was over.
she thought she made it thru the explosion,
grieved the losses, survived the earth quake.

oh, no, little grasshopper,
that was only clearing of the slate....
the real work was about to begin.

now you'll learn to have a true loving relationship.
and it will bring you to your knees,
knock you down over and over again....
but if you master it, girl.....
you will have learned what you asked for.

if you only have the strength to love beyond yourself,
you will find the answers...