Nothing matters

Nothing matters
more than love

and we are all aware
of how exponentially

it grows in the practice
in the exercise

of our feelings
in gestures

of reaching
and touching

and simply being
together in silence

It wakes with us
and we put it to bed

at night : and those
delicious moments

when time plays
truant are love’s

gift to love
Cherish it

it is your truth
it is the essence

of your beauty
let its flame

burn forever
and a day

John Lyons