Heart

I wrote this poem while in a place where I was afraid of being hurt by love. This is a reminder to my heart, to not fear love. And to love relentlessly.

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My heart feels like a vast ocean of emotions,

Stirred by every motion.

Fragile, I'm not very agile,

Treat me with caution, I'm fragile.

I used to think love was easy, but now every time I try I feel as if I can't rise above love.

I struggle to love because back then, I did not know love.

But even now that I've known what love's supposed to be and how to love,

I fear,

I fear not love,

But I fear that which I've perceived love to be in the past has done to me.

Afraid that past hurt would become present hurt.

Afraid that the past would become present.

But truth is that the past has past,

And the present is present,

And what hurt me then can't hurt me again,

Because I have learnt what love's supposed to be.

Now even though I fear,

I love.

I love not because I have no fear,

But because when I love, fear is not near.

Love expels all fear,

So I refuse to live in fear,

I refuse to live in fear of love

Because when I am in love, fear is not near!

Real love cures fear.

It cleans the wounds infected by past hurt.

Love is present, not afraid of past hurt,

Or potential future hurt,

But present.

It's in the here and now, without fear.

Dear heart, please remember this.

- Lemu'el

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