Perfectly Imperfect

If I tell you

that love made the world

and that you are made for love,

and that you are perfectly imperfect

right now

will you believe me?

 

joy-full and generous

alive in your body

creative

gorgeous

tender

wild

 

will you

stop

right where you are

sharing your heart across coffee and

Tres Leches?

 

just for one moment

close your eyes

go ahead – do it

and remember

what’s real

 

to hell with the detractors

who live out of fear

 

that is no company to keep

 

Fill yourself up

beloved

Your living and love have always been

more…

much

more

than illusion

 

I think you have a cape

inside

that peeks out

underneath your costume

sometimes

hard as

you try to conceal it

 

It doesn’t

save the world

or the ladies

or embue

divine graces

 

it is deeper

 

it’s folds bears witness to

the cloud of love

that raised you

wanting more

than any child

can give

 

it holds the painstaking

way you have

made your way thru

the rivers of loss

and

beauty

wet

shivering

and

so

perfectly

imperfect

 

if I could
I’d tell you
again
“this is only the beginning”
and you would say,
“somewhere inside,
my heart says, “YES!”