I know you are love

“The Being Present Retreat”. This is how a participant spoke of the silent retreat 2004.
At a point this man was in the chair with Isaac Shapiro and read a love poem: I know you are love.
He gave permission to put it on this website and he wishes it to be a anonymus poem.

 
I know you are love
 

‘For love to say no, it becomes an invitation’

Isaac Shapiro

 

Being Present Retreat

Venwoude 22/05/2004

 

I know you are love

Even if you say no

 

I know you are love

Even if you shout your no

In anger, rage or fury,

The expressions of your despair.

 

I know you are love

I know you are love

I know you are love

 

I know you are love

Even if this love in your heart

does not come out again

For the rest of my life.

 

I know you are love

Even if it hurts so much

That our beautiful love

Is now hidden away, deep,

Deep, deep ….

 

I know you are love

Even if it hurts so much

To see your hurt and

To know that my wanting and confusion

Have been responsible for it.

 

I know you are love

Even if your hurt is so deep

That you just cannot receive my sorry,

In terror of being hurt again in this

Very core of your openness.

 

I know you are love

I will not say or pretend that

It does not matter that

You keep this love from me.

It does.

 

It is not easy to let go

That you should forgive me

As there was no intention

of hurting you so deeply.

 

It is not easy to let go

if I carry it around

as shame or blame.

I will not do that.

I will forgive myself for my ignorance.

 

I know you are love

It touches my heart if I just see

and feel your pure pain.

I will not use it.

 

I know you are love

I simply have no choice than to

Live with the defences that you built.

 

I know you are love

Surrounded by a wounded heart

That has been hurt so deeply

That you have chosen never to

Feel this pain again.

 

I know you are love

I will not ask you to forgive me.

 

Not out of arrogance

Not out of my own hurt

Not out of fear of being rejected.

 

No, I will not ask you to forgive me.

I will not ask you to take the risk

Of being hurt again.

 

I do ask you to find the courage to

Know yourself that you are love and that you too

Have no choice than to live with this love

and to express it.

 

I know you are free

I know you are love

I know life will heal you

If you just can find the courage

To be with this pain

and to know you are love.

 

There is no intention

To be in the way of love

 

I know you are love

 

And I know that I am consciousness

Behind all that.

 

I know I am consciousness and love

 

Perhaps this deep pain of the heart

Is making us real

 

For love to say no

Is an invitation to make love real.

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