Learnt at the Brink of Losing Everything

You are not guaranteed Time.
Not the one you believe
you will have,
not necessarily even the one
you hope you will have.

So love
every second.

There is no time and no space
for negativity
with the one you love.
Not for resentment,
anger, or pride.
Even misunderstandings
or little hurts
must be nipped in the bud,
quickly.

So pray

Sulamith Wulfing

every second.

For what you have been given,
give back everything you have.
Every day.
All the time.
There is no space for sleep
or forgetfulness.
For the one you love,
give your mind and your heart,
your actions and your words.
Let it all be a voluntary gift,
a joyful sacrifice.

Let his good and his benefit
be your priority.

Let all your words be kind and beautiful,
stemming from pure thoughts
and noble intents,
hard efforts at keeping your evil contained.

Let go of self-centredness.
Find your strength
so that your benevolent, graceful,
sincere, compassionate presence
will make his hurts, his failings in faith,
mistakes, regrets, the impact of the selfish world
bearable, undoable.
Let your heart in being with him
call forth his power
to achieve victory.

Day and night
inwardly and outwardly
continuously,
watch,
pray,
love.