War and Love

Everywhere there are reminders
of the joy and little deaths of love,
gifts and betrayal, joy and pain,

nothing is as simple
or as complicated,

a spiritual warfare
where every shot,
whether marauding or miraculous

goes straight to the heart.

About this poem

This morning I read on another writer’s (Jenna Woginrich) facebook page, these words – “People are always telling me how easy it is for a horse to hurt you. I’m single. Its the people in relationships you should tell to wear a helmet. Those things can kill you.”

And it’s true, relationships can be heartbreaking, or they can lift us higher than the stars. That’s their magic and that’s the adventure.

Tom

PS – the picture was taken in the window of the house I used to live in, in Troutville, Virginia.