Universal truth

 

Everyone wants to know

 

Love.

 

they want to be accepted,

to be a part of this

whole collective of us.

Souls on a voyage

through the cosmic winds.

Our sails heart-shaped,

and our songs we sing.

Because everyone

wants to know love,

and I'm not talking in the sheets,

or the sort that makes knees weak.

I’m talking cosmically,

galaxy-wide expressions

of joy, and warmth.

 

Everyone wants to feel

 

Wanted.

 

To be needed, to not be

on the periphery of life,

not be outside looking in,

smile worn upside down,

as teeth bite into lips that bleed.

As they plead to be accepted.

Wanted. Needed.

Not to be mistreated, or walked across,

but sought after to offer healing arms.

Because everyone wants to know

love.

 

Some don’t yet know that this is so,

they float upon torrents of hate,

lava filled lakes of disgust and rage.

They know not the comfort of a hug,

or the shared smiles that say you are enough.

Blinded to hope by the mask of lies

wrapped tightly around their eyes,

they tell themselves to despise

love.

So, I offer them open arms,

and I say put down yours,

come join in and applaud

the love that runs through all of us.

 

Because everyone wants to know

love,

they want to feel trust,

they want to be held

and shown a world

with a different outlook.