Love is more than a word or a feeling
It is a choice and a commitment.
Love is the essence of life
It is the force that binds us together
It is the source of joy and strife
It is the mystery that lasts forever
Love is the language of the heart
It is the way we express our feelings
It is the bridge that spans the gap
It is the healer that brings healing
Love is the journey of the soul
It is the path we follow to grow
It is the challenge that makes us whole
It is the teacher that helps us know
Love is the gift of the divine
It is the grace that fills our being
It is the light that makes us shine
It is the power that sets us free
Love is more than a word or a feeling
It is a choice and a commitment
It is a challenge and a blessing
It is a life and a movement
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A Flower Song
Apparently the Aztecs, Toltecs, Chichimecs and other Mexica were crazy about poetry. Despite the book-burning, slaughter, and epidemics that characterized the early stages of the Spanish conquest of the empires of Mexico, some hundreds of poems from the height of their tradition come down to us in Classical Nahuatl, preserved by Nahua and Spanish scholars of the 16th century. One of the most famous poets, Nezahualcoyotl, was a sage-king who opposed the cult of human sacrifice associated with Tezcatlipoca, God of the Smoking Mirror, and favored Quetzalcoatl, the Feathered Serpent. Flowers and feathers were the favorite offering of the Plumed Serpent. Moreover, flowers and feathers are a metaphor for poetry. Individual words, scattered petals, the down of tropical birds. The temples of blood sacrifice could be transformed into temples of flower and song. A sublimated offering to the Heart of Earth and the Heart of Sky encapsulated in the Classical Nahuatl kenning for poetry: in xōchitl in cuīcatl, meaning, "the flower and the song." The following poem is part of a longer work, and is in a state of flux, so take the waters as they flow:
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