Longing is Love

The overwhelming sadness

Comes again

Washes over me

My eyes fill with tears

But this time is different

I don’t get lost

In that fog of emotion

I stay present

 

And I know now

That this deep sadness

Is Longing

A hollowness

A vacancy, a void

That can’t be filled

It can only be forgotten

A moment at a time

 

So I fill the hollow place

With religion and poems

Art and pets

Garden and friends

Philosophy and social media

But nothing sticks

The sadness returns

The Longing persists

 

Then it dawns

Longing is a gift

The cry of emptiness

Is pointing to

The missing of “God”

Of a peace, love, safety

That is reachable only

Through an exhausted heart

 

Longing is the key

Longing is a testament

Pointing to an ancient memory

Placed in our hearts

To help us remember

Our way home

To Oneness with God

Absence is presence

 

All true seekers

Feel this Longing intensely

Feel His absence acutely

Their veil is thin

The call is loud

Dive deep into grief

To finally find

That Longing Is Love

 

bjb 2025