Romantic
love can be a tricky thing…
What
you think will last a life time, suddenly shatters before your eyes, leaving
you in a wake of devastation and lies. What brought me back to true love,
unconditional love was the love of the Divine and learning how to love myself.
My
very first Valentine’s Day without my husband of 20 years, was expected to be
difficult to say the least. However, when I woke up on February 14, 2012, my
beautiful children left me flowers, loving cards, notes and candy on the
counter by the coffee maker, telling me how much they love me. I embraced the
shift from romantic love to a unique love with my family, friends, the world,
and most of all myself.
This
is not to say I will never embrace romantic love again, I know it will come
again to me someday. This poem was birthed to bring myself to self love on this
romantic holiday and on every day that comes, to cover myself in light and
grace.
Let me be my Valentine
by Maureen Kwiat Meshenberg
let
me be my Valentine,
offering
love and devotion-
love
letters of intentions,
an
open invitation-
to
embrace myself,
with
compassion.
let
me be my Valentine,
bring
my self flowers-
to
breath in the-
fragrance
of life,
I
will not resist-
but
rather insist,
to
cover myself-
with
grace,
for
I am beauty within-
light
holds me-
to
myself,
I
bring love-
to
my sacred place,
in
my eyes-
as
I look in the,
mirror
at my face-
I
gladly say,
let
me be my Valentine.
(This poem was originally published in the author's recently released book
Maureen Kwiat Meshenberg is an author and a prolific poetess. She is guided by her inner soul’s journey and her empathic musings about life. Maureen’s draws from her human experiences, bringing reflective, soulful thoughts of the heart and the shifts in life’s journey to her poetry. Her most recent work includes her own Facebook page called Heart’s Calling where she currently reaches almost 3,000 regular readers. She also has her own website here. She currently hosts a monthly sacred creative writing circle for women using writing prompts as a means of inner releasing. Maureen has 3 adult children and currently lives in Oak Park, Illinois. She has recently published her first debut poetry book called Seasons of the Soul: Transitions and Shifts of Life which can be purchased here.
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aaaahhhhh Breath of Life, dear Maureen,, sweet beautifull, self-love, self compassion.... I am caressed so lovingly by your words, words I can grace-fully, ease-fully, breathe, and make my own,,,,,may each be-ing flower from within, of self-blessing!!! bless you precious woman, poet, love-be-ing. and thank you xxoxoxoxoo
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