Michael Meguid

“Tis a Fearful Thing

‘Tis a fearful thing
to love what death can touch.

A fearful thing
to love, to hope, to dream, to be –

to be,
And oh, to lose.

A thing for fools, this,

And a holy thing,

a holy thing
to love.

For your life has lived in me,
your laugh once lifted me,
your word was gift to me.

To remember this brings painful joy.

‘Tis a human thing, love,
a holy thing, to love
what death has touched.”
― Judah Halevi

“The courage to be is the courage to accept oneself, in spite of being unacceptable.”
― paul tillich

“The first duty of love is to listen.”
― Paul Tillich

“For us, there is only the trying. The rest is not our business.”
― T.S. Eliot