Jealousy - The Door To Love

I have a constant busy mind 

and yet my soul never stops 

yearning for Your gaze, 

Your presence, 

which seems to stop 

all the circulation of information.  

Not that I just stand 

in this delight, 

this joy 

for its moment only; 

but that I gather luxuriant 

Word 

this passage presents.  

What my eyes just caught 

before this entrance 

will then make common 

into uncommon, 

and its meaning will pour throughout me 

with its unique diverse picture 

of Your Door to Love, 

as it pulls me past its frame 

and on to its room 

much broader 

than my mind could expand to 

otherwise.  

Inside I will feel 

Your jealous want of me 

and find it puzzling; 

but as I accept this heart, 

Your heart, 

I will begin to find 

my own jealous extremes 

that I would never 

put another god before You 

and my own yearning

that You never put another

before me.  

There it becomes plain 

so I might get a portion 

of this wonder.  

I was created 

separate from any other.  

I 

was made 

from Your image 

to be eternally enjoyed 

and have joy 

as this jealousy 

vows its commitment; 

~I in You, You in me~ 

Jealousy holds this bond, 

this Door to Love 

– I am Yours, You are mine– 

As jealousy grows, 

love thickens; 

and as outside 

tries to lure 

with higher and higher fascination, 

hearts with history 

fight to be one fiercely.  

Storms come 

to knock down this 

Door to Love, 

for such mighty beauty 

such jealousy

 sounds 

about the universe.  

But jealous love, 

I in You, You in me

…. It forms one, 

not two....