Now That We Are Here

Life is entanglement plus time, A Gordian knot of opportunities, Each ravel a riddle to solve or a battle to be won. We grab and pull at the gnarls, Greedy fingers seeking solutions alone. Though the more we worry them, the tighter the fibers cling together, defeating our efforts with every turn. The working ends unhitched and hidden, Knots impossible to untie without another; Desperate, we seek the means to unset the tightened rounds of coil. We need only look up from our lonely struggle, Unhand the ties and trice up munitions, In favor of a more effective weapon, for a prize worth more than any puzzle. Love is the sword that cuts, The foil to Gordius' grateful gift, The force that frees us from the knots that bind us alone in despair. Love is the lens that exposes the path, To unraveling the tangled mess, To bearing witness to the holism of loops and eyes along the same length of rope. Love alone is the key that unlocks The secrets of the tightly-wound tangle, Revealing the pattern of the overlaps and the beauty of the intermingled angles. With love as our scope, we can maneuver Through the maze of twists and turns, Unleashing joys and embracing the weight of the lessons we learn as the bind slowly burns. Through patience and kindness, we can loosen The strands that have wound us so tightly, Embracing the challenge and refusing to choose the path of ire or slacking down without a fight. So let us unravel the knot with hearts ablaze And together minds set on finding the way, With love as our sword and our site and our hope, we can unravel the rigging and seize hold of the day.