serene hearts

love
is not hemmed in by
time's insistent barriers

erect walls
dig ditches
float green weed in broad, deep moats
fold earth's rocky mantle
thrust magnificent mountains rudely into a fair sky
and flood low valleys
love will not be drowned
nor sink nor fail to climb nor
slip from cold rock's face
or bail from this world's pull
spill endlessly in frozen space
but will dismiss all obstacles with a smile

for in love's reality
obstacles are but thin illusions
a heart's capacity - boundless