Love Should Save Us

“If nothing saves us from death, at least love should save us from life”

― Pablo Neruda

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it all winds down

a year

a month

a day

an hour

it all winds down

like a tired clock

life too

once we were young an spry

and then we are not

the smooth face soon disappears

behind the wrinkles and cracks

and jowls

of age

our bodies slowly bend toward the earth

it all winds down

there is no choice

nothing saves us from death

not even life

but life

that is a different matter

we have so many choices

and life can be many things

good, bad

or indifferent

full of joy and energy

or something we tolerate

life can be lost in the living,

you know what I mean?

but life can be redeemed, my friends

life can be redeemed

when we are filled with love (divine)

warmed and powered by love

when we feel it

receive it, offer it

live it

life can be, resurrected,

and we can move from life to life

and all can become

fresh

and

new