Within

Photo by Jerry Gorman

When I didn't give you

   what you wanted,

      it wasn't because

         I didn't want to or

            I don't love you.

            Whether or not

         it was what you needed –

      an important distinction

   you need to make –

it was not mine to give.

Whatever it is you think

   will make you happy,

      or even bring you joy,

         you'll have to

            give it to yourself, or

               at least accept it in yourself.

               Here's the great mystery of life:

            IT is already within you,

         and always has been;

      that divine spark of love

   with which you were graced

before you were born.

Your mistake is

   to believe ego's lie

      that whatever you've done

         and whomever you've been

            or become has somehow

               extinguished that fire.

            You're not that powerful,

         love has no such weakness,

      and grace is exponentially

   larger than that.

© 2015 Todd Jenkins