Humility Is the Brightest Love

Love, I get love is more than a game the young play, It is life one commits, not caged bird ‘shopped’ to mine In the hope lives are saved that don’t sleep in harm’s way! How can chemistry alter what man can’t refine? Love is more than a look or a flirt in a mall And is much more than cash you can steal, spend, or earn. More accrued by a talent that’s honed by each fall, Than by lumens discharged when we spark, or hearts burn! Is it love that we’ve found when acquaintances flatter? Does sharing a hobby like tennis or eating suggest Love might be in the offing? Is love more a matter Of saying, “Love look! I am here (with no test or retest)! You are inside my borders, beyond reservation, All love’s where you find it! Can ‘Grace’ be the child of ‘Intent?’ It’s like tropical moisture, trees rain the foundation For life that surrounds, or can ‘Grace’ be constrained by consent? Is it people who serve me or those I best serve Who shine light on God’s leading when ‘push comes to shove?’ Do those get more who give love away or conserve? Is the servant or fool more ‘admirer’ of Love? Love, I know what I want, and I want it today! What I prize most of all? To be Grace to your dreams, To Grace others, engaged by time’s Author’s staged play Where poor actors have roles their mute action redeems! Brian Johnston 4th of September in 2019