When I have nothing and may not seem all that you imagined me to be…

Hold a curiosity for Me.

Fall in love with Me when all that I am is still mystery,

When life’s memory of Me says little of who I am or will ever be.

Fall in love with Me -

as I am when I arrive.

Find beauty in my nakedness and the guise

of all that I seem not to be.

Fall in love with Me.

Don’t dress me in possibility because I hold your dreams in my hands,

Try not to enchant yourself with such intricate plans

nor find comfort in title, position, or name,

Don’t distract yourself with ideas of gain

Rather love me raw and unrefined,

a mystery left undefined

A flower, I will bloom for you

for in loving Me,

you are loving you.

poem by Alison Pothier

19 December 2010

“The sun comes up, your wedding day, and I search my heart to find

the words that are of a different gift, one of a lasting kind.

You make a vow to today be true, to love and laugh together,

but with best intent, no malcontent, we come across some stormy weather.

So you’ll need some tools to guide your sails the right way from today,

a compass point, an anchor, a light to show the way.

For when the horizon overwhelms or fills you up with doubt,

don’t look for your tools from the outside in, look from the inside out.

From the inside out there’s clarity, you can see with the inner eye.

You can use the lungs within to breathe a deeper sigh.

From the inside out the inner voice speaks the vow with which you start,

and there you’ll find encouragement nestled deep within your heart.

Because from the inside out the compass faces a different pole.

From the inside out the compass points to your inner soul.

When the soul is given voice it is armour against the weather

and you can protect against the storms,

rise up, and stand together.”

by A Pothier