Love
is
Your
Heart's
Life
Story

leave off

the t

and there

becomes 

here

and

now

go alone

learning and 

unlearning

in equal 

mesure

only 

the past

remembers 

you

and the

emotions

that float

to the

surface

after a

dream

believe in

trees,

they’re embrace,

their voices,

the leaves,

love how

they cry for 

what they 

want 

their

green 

life will

make

you feel

more

animal 

part 

of you

will always

be roaming

the

island

that is

your

wound

your youth,

a gush

of

glorious

water

flowing

down

through

a siv

of hands

as

your thirst

sinks

into 

the earth

the

stones

need

your

yearning

now 

live

for

clouds

to restore

you

your ashes

ache for

a poem

to grow

out of 

what

you love

your god

runs in

circles,

a wild dog

in a 

windswept

field,

his smell

makes

you happy

time

and

again

only

lay

down

and

look 

up

to

feel

more

alive

an open 

mouth

is

for

loving

and

breathing

in more

sky

make 

a fort

in a tree

to speak

your

silence

closer 

to the

beloved’s

ear

for

your

love

is

your

heart's

life

story.

Peter Valentyne

June 21, 2019