Love

How we wander to and fro
Going here
Going there
How we need the love of another
Be it human or a pet
We need the love
We need to know that another living being
Is in the same space that we occupy
How we need touch
And holding
And caressing
We so need that
And we wander here and there
Looking for that one
That will fill the void
That surrounds us
We need acceptance
A knowing that someone cares
If we live or die
We need holding
We need to know that we are loved
We all need that
It is part of what God has given us
To give love
And to receive love
How many of us let this slide
And we wander through life
Looking for something to take the place
Of love
We look and search
And do we find it
Some do
Some don’t
And we spend a life-time
Wandering
And searching
For the pot of gold
Called love
At the end of the rainbow
But is it there
Is it there
We search for the one
The only one
And by-passing the One
Each and every time
We by-pass Him
With every turn
Every thought
Why do we do such a thing
When He stands with open arms
Waiting for us to cuddle in
And look up
And know that everything
Will be all right.
Everything will be all right.

Gail Adams
Author of Heaven and Earth and In Between