The Holy command is to love your neighbour
In the very same way you love yourself.
But many a human heart has listened to lies,
Repeated the lies until they became a home,
Believing the whisper that we are not enough.
The Holy command is to love your neighbour
The same way you love yourself.
So, do take the time to love yourself—
Your crown of coils and your folds of flesh,
Your fine wrinkles and your tormented toes.
Love all of yourself, every hidden ache,
Not just the polished bits people see.
Take your time to yourself love,
For you are worthy of the time,
And worthily loved by your Maker.
The Holy command is to love your neighbour
The same way you love yourself.
Yet you cannot pour from an empty vessel,
Nor give of water you have never drank.
So love yourself until you are brim-full—
Love yourself until you are full of your loved self.
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Wow! a most amazing poem of a great commandment that so few keep. The finishing touch is the loving of oneself for one can not give what one does not have is the last mile that gets the fave
Thank you very much for your kind words!
In a season of commercialised manufacturing and staging of “love and loving “, may each of us remember to fill ourselves with love first. Poetic love to you!
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