L-O-V-E, making History
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Our thoughts this weekend, have inevitably focused on the death of H R H Prince Phillip, the Duke of Edinburgh and the impact his passing will inevitably bring to bear on Her Majesty, the Queen especially, and other members of the Royal Family.
No one, of course, knows what goes on behind closed doors, fewer still are aware of the finer workings of the human heart. Even so, media footage and photographs over the years, all tell the story of a couple in love, a guaranteed place in the history of our nation and the world notwithstanding. (While relatively few people can claim the latter, engaging with love - in whatever shape or form - invests it (and us) with a global consciousness that suggests a universal mind-body-spirit intent on making its own history, and us a part of it, if we let it.)
As I have suggested time and again on the blog, love invests us with a spiritual quality that never dies, but lives on in the hearts and minds of all those whom it may have unforgettably influenced by word, deed or infinite presence; people, places, lines in favourite examples of literature… all these contribute to who we are, and all are associated with the finer aspects of love.
So
it is, that we all contribute to world history by way of the inspiration love
inspires, even though most of us will never make the history books. So it is,
too, that we all leave our mark on the world, often barely if ever recognised
or acknowledged. Such is the posthumous consciousness peculiar to the human
race, ensuring that love never dies whether we aspire to the ethics of this
religion or that… or not, as the case may be. (Incidentally, I suspect it is
also why yours truly identifies so closely with Pantheism.)
L-O-V-E, MAKING HISTORY
Always there,
trimming
edges of all that’s said
and
left unsaid
Always there,
profiling
the substance of illusion
enhancing
delusion
Always there,
high
flying partner in a trapeze ac
that’s
custom-perfect
Always there,
comforter-mentor
to the you-me-us
no
one else ever sees
Always there,
sounding
out any sounds of silences
as
sure to make waves
Always there,
light
of my life, heart of my darkness,
whatever
it takes
Always there,
its kinder ideas eager to dry any tears,
for our fears
Always there,
the
Here-and-Now, given us to nurture
a
past-present-future
Copyright
R. N. Taber 2021
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