Flow

The flow of love catches us off guard

In the tears streaming down our face

From grief of a friends loss or pain

Connected by a love greater than our

Own offering yet pulled into it's tethers

The flow of love catches us in laughter

Joined together in friendship, rejoicing

In the gift of shared silliness enjoying

The companionship of play not just

Joined in alone, by everyone in the room 

The flow of love catches us as we share 

In empathy for one another, truly listening

To story, hearing one another's hunger,

Emptiness, scars and pain hard to bear,

Joined by the common humanity we share

The flow of love catches us in joy divine

Rejoicing in another's fortune, caught in

The happiness of an accomplishment

A life's work, because competition is not

The point but being lifted up together