Treat yourself gently, kindly
don't be hard on yourself. 

The easy fix won't find the hurt, 
or a new environment and new friends. 

You deserve love 
from all the right places 
and all the right people. 

There is no competition, 
but the cultivation 
of goodness 
inside you 

and the joy 
it brings 
to other people 
when it comes out.  

I'm going to grow old with this woman tell her 'she's beautiful' each, and every day until her skin is crumpled like the bed sheets we wake to each and every day.   (just found this one, and parking it here)

I'm Going to Love Again.

someday
I’m going to love again 

someday 
I’m going to love
when I’ve pulled 
my heart
from the ash
of our union
smoldering 
from latent decay
and neglect 

someday 
I’m going to love again 

someday 
I’m going to love
when my heart 
can feel human
at the touch
of a hand
the glance 
from an eye
that tells me
i exist 

I’m going to love
when my spirit
is planted
rooted
in ceremony
and practise
when the waters 
run deep
with my emotions
and my feelings 
flutter 
in the wind

I’m going to love
when I’m ready

I’m going to love 
when I’m here

I’m going to love 
when it’s now 

and, when
we find 
each other

whoever you are
whenever you are 

I will be present 
with you 

I’m going to love
when I can
I will
give it all
to you

I can see you
I can feel you
I can hear you

I will love you
with my 
mind
body
heart

I will be human

I will love you
completely

I’m going to love
again