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the beloved suffers not

 

"If the Lord should give you power to raise the dead, He would give

much less than He does when he bestows suffering. By miracles you

would make yourself debtor to Him, while by suffering He may become

debtor to you. And even if sufferings had no other reward than being

able to bear something for that God who loves you, is not this a

great reward and a sufficient remuneration? Whoever loves,

understands what I say."

-Saint John

Chrysostom

 

 

oh, my readers…,

 

all you that truly love

understand me when i say

love suffers love

 

i want to go so deep within you beloved

deep within the dancing waters of your eyes

i want to drown myself in your holy tears

 

love suffers love

all you that endure love

understand me when i

say

 

i want to go even deeper within you beloved

far below the crashing surface of salt and foam

i want to swim into your radiant darkness

 

understand me when i say beloved

love suffers love

all you that sincerely love

 

wanting to swim in the still water beneath the waters

sinking further within the radiant source of darkness

seeking to escape suffering in what lies deeper within

 

all you that chastely love

understand me when i say beloved

love suffers love

 

that as we drift further within love’s sacramental waters

our debt to the beloved is to suffer as the beloved suffers

to touch the infinite darkness of ceaseless burning far within

 

 

all you that sincerely love

suffering love’s suffering

and understand me when i say beloved

 

seeking to embrace suffering love arises higher within

drifting further up and further in beyond the crashing surface

longing to touch the far side of the dark water’s azure mirror

 

please understand me when i say

all you that endure suffering

suffering loving, love’s loving loves, loving suffering

 

beloved, i long to drown in just one of your pearl tears

deep within the brilliant dancing waters of your sacred eyes

i lust with a fierce lust to go so deep within you beloved

 

oh, my readers,

 

all you that would truly love

understand me now when i say beloved

suffering not, love loves loving, love loving loves, not suffering

 

oh, my beloved…,

 

i am baptized by the fierce love burning in your holy eyes

so baptized in your beloved love your beloved suffers

not

 

mark christopher valentine

(april 18, 2001 3.21 am) unedited

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