Love And Courage Poem by Mark Heathcote

Love and courage go hand in hand
one without the other is quicksand
to love someone, therefore, is to stand
not on solid ground but on moving sand.

Ah, to moving quicksand, I give my heart
to the pinholes of light in the dark
to the shadow perpetually-moving
I give my soul to you, my love, my darling.

And as I do, I ask nothing in return
but know I yearn, I truly yearn
to sink further than any falling-stone
ever did to reach my love at home.