I Will Love You Forever

Their little arms,

 wrapped tight

around my heart,

pulsed

with the thrum thrum

of my joy

as they hungrily suckled

on love

and the promise

that I would

be there

for them

for all my days,

and beyond,

when the chamber

of my heart

filled

with all the love

of all my years

would open

and scatter

its seeds

far and wide

to every corner

of their being

to grow fruits

of love

for them

to pluck

and
feast upon.

Spin World Spin

Spin world spin

on an axis of caring

acceptance and trust

giving and sharing.

Unlock the windows

open the doors

spell out welcome

on the lucky shores.

Spin world spin

 fingers outreaching

souls intertwining

 searching eyes meeting.

Cradle the babies

nurture the children

value the families

 the richness within them.

Build up the cities

one with another

rainbow coloured

 sound-scaped with laughter.

Spin world spin

on an axis of loving

welcome and tolerance

 open hearts budding.

The featured photo was taken by Christopher Dean in the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in Japan. Each year children from around the world fold origami cranes to be placed in the Children's Peace Monument in memory of a young girl named Sadako whose story gives flight to their prayers for world peace and love for one another. This picture made with paper cranes is but one of the 10 000 000 cranes and pictures that are placed at the Children's Peace Monument each year.