for Gerhard Knight
Loving unconditionally is to be freed ideas balanced
on how much is received - there is greater freedom
declared than being unilaterally emancipated; when
desperation rears in the eyes of reciprocity freedom
flees, it impairs one’s capacity to give of oneself - a
valuation snared in debased currency. The fear love
will not be returned in the same way tares exchange
and inflates adversity; it is not the pure love of me
Where love seeds rare blooms in generous sense a
peacefulness pervades, there is nothing to lose and
more is gained by living freely, unobligated, aware a
stasis exists because the love is free; taints come of
belief we have to pay for love received - and we do -
but only by loving unconditionally
© 15 October 2013, I. D. Carswell
2 comments:
Thank you for this beautiful piece. Sometimes a person shows unconditional love and then the beloved simply walks away, enumerating all the shortcomings of the person who loved so unconditionally. The pain of loss is bad, but the gain in spiritual growth and emotional maturity is priceless.
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