Truth
It doesn’t interest me what you are doing right now
I want to know what you ache for and if you dare to dream of meeting your hearts longing.
It doesn’t interest me how old you are
I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool for love,
For your dreams, for the adventure of being alive.
It doesn’t interest me what planets are aligning your moon
I want to know if you have touched the center of your own sorrow,
If you have been opened by life’s betrayals or have you become shriveled and closed from fear of further pain!
I want to know if you can be with happiness, mine, your own
If you can dance craziness and let the ecstasy fill you to the tips of your fingers and toes without cautioning us to be careful, realistic, or to remember the limitations of being human.
It doesn’t interest me if the story you’re telling me is true
I want to know if you can disappoint another to be true to yourself,
If you can bear the accusation of betrayal and not betray your own soul
I want to know if you can be faithful and therefore be trustworthy
I want to know if you can see beauty even when it is not pretty everyday
And if you can source your life from the presence of a higher power
I want to know if you can live with failure,
Yours and mine and still stand on the edge of the ocean and shout to the full moon, “YES!”
It doesn’t interest me to know where you live or how much money you have
I want to know if you can get up after the night of grief and despair and do what needs to be done, for you, for your heart
It doesn’t interest me how you came to be here
I want to know if you will stand in the center of the fire with me, and not shrink back
It doesn’t interest me where or what or with whom you have been with
I want to know what sustains you from the inside when all else falls away
I want to know if you can be alone with yourself, and if you truly like the company you keep in the empty moments
I want to know, “Is it worth it when you awake to a new day?”
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