We would die

The

Earth would die

If the sun stopped kissing her

                             Hafiz

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It is a funny thing love

without it do not flourish

any more than the earth can flourish without the sun

and yet

just as the sun and burn the earth

and leave it brown and desolate

so too love

can scorch our souls and leave our hearts a wasteland

we need love

as the earth needs the sun

but we also need those moments in the shadow

and those times when the clouds gather and the rain falls

love it seems is perfected

and finds its perfect balance

in life

not as we dream it

but as it is

in those moments when it breaks forth,

as the sun breaks through the clouds,

in the midst of difficult and terrifying times