Having Loved Enough........Mark Nepo

Having loved enough

And lost enough,

I’m no longer searching

Just opening,

No longer trying

To make sense of pain

But trying to be 

A soft and sturdy home

In which real things can land.

These are the irritations

That rub into a pearl.

So we can talk for a while

But then we must listen

The way rocks listen to the sea.

And we can churn

At all that goes wrong

But then we must

Lay all distractions down

And water every living seed.

And yes, on nights like tonight

I too feel alone.

But seldom do I face it squarely enough

To see that it’s a door

Into the endless breath

That has no breather,

Into the surf

That human shells call God

-Mark Nepo