Three Love Poems for Marl

THREE POEMS FOR MARL

Poem #1 (written Monday, August 14,2006)

LOVE IS ETERNAL

Love is eternal
Love happens
yes, in time
in most unexpected
moments
in the twists and turns
in the bends and corners
in space or out of spaces
love comes and grows…
I met Marl
over here online
and our love blossomed
like a lily in spring
over a murky pond
of still waters
in the dreams
and realities
of our lives…
My name is Bom
and I am in love
with Marl
so in the meeting
of our hearts
both the ending
and the beginning
of our names entwined
as one in love’s
sheer mystery!
Her name is Marl
and she is in love with me
and so, we share
just one hope, one dream
one space to be
in the daily exchange
of words we come to know
each other
and in knowing more
our love deepens and grows.
In our love
there is honesty
transparency and truth.
We try to be
all for each other
body, mind and soul
and we share both
the pains and joys
of the ordeals of each day.
Our love is deeply rooted
and founded
in faith, that our meeting
online is one of predestination
in the mysterious design
of the Master of the universe.
In this faith, we both go forth
and seek the deepening,
norturing, fulfillment of our love
in time, in space and in eternity!

Poem # 2 (written Tuesday, August 15,2006)

LOVE'S STIRRINGS

Love’s Stirrings
In the beginnings
of our love
I simply stirred your heart
with a poem
just to give a little hope
just to assure you’re not alone
just to say I care for you
in a very special way.
Slowly
our love story unfolds
like early streaks of light
just after a dark night
like sprouting grasses
of a lovely mountain spring
like the blossoming
of a rosebud.
In time
our love becomes real
as the noon day sun
so bright and pure
so intense and deep
so alive and lifegiving
in the recesses of our hearts.
Now
it is breathtaking
it is reassuring
it is encouraging
it is ongoing
faster than we ever imagine
is the contagious joy
of the love we share.
Hopefully
May our love stay strong
in the midst of the world
May our love remain forever
in the annals of our lifetime
May our love transcends
the limitless horizons
of our hopes and desires
where peace abides.
Prayerfully
May our love help us
to grow and be strong
in mind, body and spirit
May we remain serene
in the assurance
of each other’s love
May we fulfill
only what God designs
so beautifully for our love.
"No greater love man has
than to offer his life for his friends."
- John 15:13

Poem # 3 (written Sunday, August 27,2006)

LOVE BIDS ME WELCOME

Love bids me welcome
and let us share
this moment
etched in time
somewhere
in eternal splendor
of the beauty
and wonder
of where we are
and want to be…
Love calls me forth
to get up and walk
steady and secure
now that you are mine
and I am all yours
in the cup of joy
of our undying hope
of a bond and a tryst
heaven only knows and made…
Love makes me happy
in every moment shared
with you in this window
of our connectedness
and the screen of our unity
in one breath of cherished joy
in one glance of polished sight
in one vision of unchained hope…
Love longs no other bliss
than being together one day
and complete the bond
of our great adventure
of caring and sharing
of listening and accepting
of being and becoming
a love song of sweetest melody…

Love is a gift

Love to be love must be something

going out of oneself

for the other

no matter how far it can go

no matter how difficult the way

no matter what time it is

for love is eternal and endless.

The giving need not be too big,

it can be just a smile to cheer up

a lonely, sad and isolated heart;

or just a little tiny kind word

to lift up the spirit of a downtrodden.

Love which is giving is a spark of hope

in this dark world of selfishness.

A love sincerely given is healing

old wounds that festered the soul

and recovered quickly the times lost

in prideful and uncaring ways.

Love gives and receives more

in wondrous state of contentment

only the one who truly loves knows.

Each evening, I only ask one question,

Did I love someone today concretely?

And as I lay down my tired body

my mind and heart is at peace

with my God who is love

in the tranquility of the night

I dream of Him who said,

"whatever you do to the least

of my brethren you do unto Me."

(Mt. 25:40)

Love is letting go

"What kind of music plays in your heart when you learn that part of loving is knowing when to allow another to walk away? - Akin Jones

Love is letting go

in giving freedom to be

for the beloved.

It is listening

the precise murmuring

of the heartbeat of

one's wife or friend

during a time apart

and a space between.I

t is caring forthe other's good

and well being

more than my own.

It is giving time

and allowing loveto grow quietly

in hearts humble dwelling,

just letting be

in the art of being with

even from a distance.

It is a liberating

profound experience

of love which knows

no space and time

because love knows

trust, hope and prayer!

The wings of love

"Love one another as I have loved you" - John 15:12

Today, I sing a love song

It is a love song of two doves

Flying over me and my wife

as I walked along the path of life.

The doves spread their wings

pure whiteness in splendor and beauty

hovering over us, spreading peace

assuring freedom and new hope.

The dove looks with eyes of love

their hearts waiting and longing

their feet steady in the air

their heads upward and proud.

Then we heard the echo

of the doves' love song

"here am I, my beloved said one

ready to die for you," and the other said,

me too am ready to die for you!"

Martyrdom is love's highest goal

there is a lot to it

than simply letting go

it is just being pure nothingness!

The doves' love song is also ours

and maybe yours too,

if only we all can see through

the golden thread of love

out of the embers of our brokenness.

Love is alive and well

in the depths of our being

nothing and no one can stop

that wellsprings of eternal love!

Love is free

"Love and do what you will" - St. Augustine

When everything is rooted

and motivated by love

then everything ends well

and there is nothing to fear.

Love is the antidote

to all forms of selfishness

and manipulations

of the human heart.

Love is the delete key

of all human errors

and embarassments

in the square of life.

Love is the link

which binds each person

in strong unity.

Love compels the sluggish

attains the impossible

transcends the insurmountable.

Love drives the force

and leaves only the daring

and those who bravely

keep trying onward

to victory's stand.

There is only one failure

which truly hurts

which is...the failure not to love.

What a waste and shame

to miss love's opportunity

and what heroism and honor

to just be there when love knocks

at the door of the heart!

Love sees through

"Here is my secret. It's quite simple: One sees clearly only with the heart. Anything essential is invisible to the eyes." - The Fox to The Little Prince

Prodded by love
Guided by faith
I have searched
And found the treasure!
At first it seemed
A hopeless idea
To look into myriads
of Possibilities.
Fatigue, irritation,
boredom were my lot
I was even very close
to utter resignation.
But the love inside
burning steadily in me
guided my search
as light to my path.
Finally I found
what I was looking for

in you my beloved Marl
Oh what sheer delight,
indeed love has eyes to see!

No Greater Love

"No greater love man has than to lay down his life for his friends." - John 15:13

There is war in the world
because there is war in man's heart.
There seems to be no end
to news of many death
in todays battlefields.
I glance at a newspaper today
and saw a soldier and his girlfriend
hugged so intimately and fondly
before he has to go back to war.

The greatest of wars
is never fought outside
but the heat of the battle
is fought inside our hearts.

The world as it is continues to be
the land of life and valley of doom

Today as I wake up
I just make myself ready
at anytime to lay down my life
to love everyone.
My little acts of love today
may not solve the war problem
of the world, but for sure
it can make a difference
because nothing, nothing
is so insignificant
in the art of true love.

Little tiny acts of love
if we all sum them up
will create an oasis of hope
in our weary, war torn
dreary and love thirsty world.
Hey, wake up oh my soul
love beckons me
for in the end the ultimate
question and answer is...love!

Love has no price tag

It is indeed true love
when one simply invest
on loving without
much expectation
of any reward
or recompense
or price, but just loving...

I was seatedby the side of mother
carrying a baby
inside a basket
on a plane
and we talked
about love...

The mother said
that her kind of love
for the baby
is unconditional
24 hours a day
without any price tag
but its so rewarding...

True love is simply
a gratuitous gift
of care, kindness, attention
to the one loved
not minding the time
nor the effort
and even the pains...

True love is self giving
to the maximum
and out of that heroism
of self forgetfulness
comes the true delight
of loving and being loved
and life becomes beautiful,
wonderful, awesome radiance
of love freely given and poured!

Love endures till the end

"After He has loved His own who came from the worldHe will love them until the end." - John 13:1

It's my Word of Life
given by Chiara Lubich
who lived a holy life
of love's intensity
and endurance,
a saintly figure
a spiritual mother
of many children for unity!

With that word
came a short note
that the vision of my life
will be...
"that the love
which God so lavished on me
I will gladly share to others."

Oh, love is a breath
it is keeping me alive
every momentof each new day.
I love when I give
the best of me
at every given moment
to every person I meet
along the way and byways of life.

Who am I
if I do not love
for love is the essence
and the built in reality
of who am I.
What is love
if not lived out
in the human arena
where heroes are made
in the quality of love
they share!"

Love till it hurts..."
said Mother Teresa
and keep on loving
till it hurts no more... "
just loving!
St. Therese said,
"In the heart
of the Mother Church
I will be love!...
My vocation is love!"

Nothing so amazing
but always be ready
to love with fidelity
and it is awesome
to believe in love
abide in love
live in love
and die for love!
"Unless a grain of seed
falls and dies into the ground
it will never grow
and bear much fruit",
Jesus said and fulfilled
as He hanged on the cross...
what a great love!

The Meaning of Love

Love is...

"The will to extend one's self for the purpose of nurturing one's own or another's spiritual growth."

- M. Scott Peck, M.D. THE ROAD LESS TRAVELED p. 81

And here is what I say...

Love is only love

when it is given

freely, willingly, gladly

spontaneously

what is best, noble

and true to the beloved.

And in the process

of giving and receiving love

there is the blossoming

of the lives of one another.

And most surely in a special way

a growing spiritual life

is deeply felt in the apex

of mutual assurance

and strong support

of loving, caring and  norturing
the fullness of personal growth.

And in the fruitfulness

of loving, caring and sharing

even the silence and absence

of what is physical

cannot surpass the depths

and heights and widths

of love's panorama beyond the horizons

of what is beautiful and lasting.

The whole world is a stage

and a great space to be

a man, a woman, a child

a person to love and be loved.

I believe that part of the problem

in any spectrum or experience

of life in the world

is the lack of the real experience of love...

I can only give what I have

If I have no love...

meaning the flesh and blood,

the marrows and bones,

the heart and soul

of a true, real, pure love in me...

I cannot love.

John Powell, SJ said once,

"The greatest tragedy

in the world is not having

the experience of being loved

and loving in return."

My new vision of life is

when there is no love

may i bring and gently offer love.

Out of the sad and bleak reality

of life's unfair situations,

here I am today...

just ready and willing

to accept life as it is
and embrace everything
with gratitude and joy

to value and respect
the things I cannot change

to realize and achieve
the things I can still change
and to fulfill my purpose,
that is,

to do my next 
perfect act of love!

The Many Ways of Love

Out of the bright moonlight

in a quiet night by the river

along the mountain ridges

of an old Indian spiritual place

I came to realize that love

has its many ways...

Listening is also loving

especially when one listens

with a heart to what a friend

really needs, not what one thinks

the friend might need.

Understanding is another way

when I can put myself

in the very shoes and heart

of the one I love,

I can get a glimpse of true love.

Giving of myself is also love's way

my time, my energy and my very self

a joyful gift of love

for the beloved

without any tag price.

Maybe one that is often forgotten

is just being -

the way of presence

even in silence, unspoken language

it is still love, it is still real

the in between spaces of stillness.

Or an absence,

which makes the heart

grows fonder and strong

as the wisdom of the ages

again and again reminds us

for the love to be true must endure

some form of not being there

in the appearance of matter.

Finally, I may say

Love to be love must offer

some act of martyrdom

some witness of self sacrifice

for the beloved -

its love's highest way!

"I love you and I am willing

to die for love of you

and the fullness of your life!"

Love echoes...listen...

Love echoes...listen to its heartbeat

since time emmorial

love is a beautiful theme

to ponder...

and write about.

As a poet

I know not which comes first

the love or the poem ...

The more I think of love

the more the poet in me awakes

and with ears open

I hear the echoes

of love stories inscribed

in the eternal records

of time and space!

The more I write about love

flows the more poetic verses

"Love makes its demands

because it has love first..."

so I heard and memorized

from a wise man.

May this poetic blog reach

every heart that loves

so we may find the joy

and freedom to love without fear

so that if there will be any fear

left crouching within

it will only be the fear

of having died without

giving oneself to love

even for a second!
posted by Bobby_OLG Abbey @ 8:44 PM

"Omnia Vincit Amor" - Love conquers all

Love conquers all,

yes, i believe that

but first of all

in my experience,

I need to be conquered

by love in all its intensity,

its paradoxes and contradictions.

Also, I just felt lately

that to know love

for what it is

I need to allow love

to break through me,

break my heart,

break my illusions,

break my control of life.

Then, in the soft rhythmns

of the present moment

like listening to the sound

of birds even in winter

loves speaks its language

in or out of season.

Yes, only in that nothingness,

only in that darkness

only in that brokenness

I came to understand

the victory of love

in my own moments

of falling to the ground

like seeds deeply sleeping

in the cold winter

only to sprout full of life

and beauty in spring!

Today, I am ready

to love again in the now

and I'm at peace

and secure that love will win

no matter what

whatever is

inspite of

love triumphs!

Love Heals...

A little bit of love
just a small gesture
of kindness
or a simple token
of thoughtfulness

means a lot
to heal a broken spirit
or a weary soul
in this life's twists
and turns...

At times
or most of times
we are in a hurry
and we don't want
to get disturbed

in our hurried pace
to go back
to our own isolation
when in truth
it only takes a second

to spread the lips
and smile
or it only takes
few minutes
to make coffee

for visiting strangers
with love in every gesture
it doesn't really take that long.

Much more with internet
can't we slow down
and in silence
even make a difference
in simply being present

to each other
listening and caring
the very soul and hearts
of our dear persons
in the vision and sacrament

we can only call the now!
I sing with all of my heart
love heals, love heals,
love heals the broken hearts
love heals the weary souls

love heals the world
love heals, love heals....

What is Love?

Love is first of all listening...
to the heartbeat of the other
to the hidden meaning
behind every expression...
to the unspoken word...
to the language of the heart...
Love is also giving
whatever makes the beloved happy
whatever is good for the other
whatever makes life worthwhile
whatever cheers up the heart
whatever comforts and lifts up

Love is also sharing and caring
in the beauty of each encounter
in the loveliness of each new day
in season and out of season
in the the journey of life...
being together...being one.

Love is the inspiration
and the strengthening
of each other no matter
what happens...

Love is simply love
no more no less
it is eternal
it is hope
it is faith
all in one...all in one!
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