When Your Heart Speaks

The afterglow is what is left
When the flames of desire have cooled
When the music recedes into the background
And the song but whispers unschooled--
When answers come with clarity
To questions formed but never asked
When the universe is receptive
Beyond all the earthly ways of knowing
When even intuition stalls.

A murmur begins from afar
A glimmer lights up a star
Voices unclear
Like a soft moonbeam
Seem to gather like ripples
in a stream.

It's about neither you nor I
The answers are meant for us all
Do not ask to know your fate
Or if you should wait
When you think about two
Not one.

To give love you must
first have it
And to have it means to
practice humility
and kindness
and caring
While learning that
love is fulfillment
and in the care
of those who give it
without knowing it
and without seeking
a reward for being true
to themselves and
to their shining star.