Oh where is the love?
I find it here and I find it there
wait, I see a dove landing in my
feeder I just built with leftover wood
just last evening
I am still picking splinters
from my fingers
but
yes, love is over there
on my patio where all the birds
eat and drink from their birdbath
and, it is here now as I write
it’s almost noon
I don’t get going early anymore
I do what I want
I earned it
by virtue of being old
I have all day long
to listen to the birds chirp
listen to my classical music
and watch YouTube videos
but time is fleeting
and I still have love in me
and I experience love
every time I walk outside
into my own backyard
and visit my friends
my doves
the birds
my crickets
the lizards
my butterflies
the dragonfly who glides over my pool
I take a quick look around
and then I go inside
and pet my kitties
and then I write some more
and sip my green Japanese tea
throughout each day
and look out my sliding glass door screen
yes, this is all the love I need
I have all day
all week
an entire month
I stay up late
and fall asleep
when I want
I love
and I am loved
as you are
by everything in this universe
because
love is here
and love is there
plenty of it
yet
an entire
universe
and its love
exists
entirely
within your
own experience
of life.
