American Tao -- no. 8

Love is not actually

mysterious; it's right there

all the time, until we

step on it like brutes.

Home and the heart,

mind and clarity,

fighting and making-up,

controlling and letting go,

working and smiling,

all of this,

the soul's union.

The family: a beautiful

basket of creation.

Don't you know

God loves every

inch of you.