God as Love

Love God

Love is the meaning of all
In all its forms it is a sacred thing
To deny it because
It does not suit dogmatic thought
Is abhorrent to what
God is supposed to be

The creator is supposed to be Love
At least that is what I was taught
When I was small and told to listen
To the Holy Spirit Within
Though as I got older
That whispered advice from within
Was no longer fitting with
What I was being taught within
The framework I was being taught
Was the word of God

According to the word of Man
Love is unyielding and uncaring
Love is hateful and cruel
Love is rigid and spiteful
Love will cast you out for
Breaking the most trivial of rules

I reject the word of Man
I will listen to the whispers within
As I was taught when I was small
The Holy Spirit dwells within me
And tells me that Love is everything
Love is everywhere
Love is all encompassing
Where love is, Creation is
Where love is, the Holy lay
Love in all its forms
In adherence to Dogma or not
Is beautiful and is deserving of respect

I worship love in all its forms
Wherever it is found
I aspire to love where I find it
I aspire to love with whom I find it
If God is Love, then we’re cool.
If not, then Love is my God anyway
I will raise my ideal up to be what I need

After all, that’s what people have been doing for years

9/25/11
form: free/blasphemous


I wrote this in the midst of bitterness and pain that I am only now starting to emerge from, sort of. This piece still resonates. It probably needs a little more work, but I want to share it anyway.