SERVICE: ENCAPSULATED LOVE

Service beyond our self-love requires desire
To love beyond ones-self in truth with others:
It is not shaped in the ego driven needs to seek
Nor in the emancipation of our early harms
But in the encapsulated reward of meaning.

In the mutual moving of our daily goings-on
The over-flowing joys of life can be found
Amongst the every-day noise of our making.
Should we, in the light of days glory, see things
Which inspire the best of our human-hood
Then speak of what you see: praise life’s joy.

Make, in your service to others, the reward
Speak of a truth that cannot ever be denied.
Let the togetherness of the daily movement
Speak of a slowed down space of peaceful
Restlessness, where the mission becomes
A timeless desire to fill the world with love.

David Scanlon – England – (1963 - )

Scanlon. D (2018) Speak of Love: Continuing Conversations. The Foolish Poet Press, Wilmslow, England. SERVICE: ENCAPSULATED LOVE. Page Number 15.