"Love is Impossible Before Legality."

To be in love

Requires no certain

Age,

No other pre-requisite

Than this-

You must know yourself.

And yes, the younger you are

The more you believe

You know yourself,

That your intrinsic everything

Is old hat.

But as you grow older,

You will become

Doubtful,

Doubtful until the day

When you discover

You do not know

Yourself at all.

It sounds daunting,

But I entreat you

Not to be afraid.

This,

This is the turning point.

This is the climax of your life.

And it has nothing to do

With numbers or years

Or dates and times,

Nothing to do with the

Voices that repeat,

“You are not old enough,

You are not yet wise enough,

Your voice is unimportant

Today.”

It is to do with you,

Whoever you are,

In whichever day and way
You find yourself.

Suddenly,

You will find

An illuminating something

And eventually,

You will find that irrecproducable

Self-

But only when you realize

You must create that self.

And when you begin

To create someone

You like,

You are so uninhibitedly
Free.

You will know love,

And you will know strength.

You may know destruction-

But through it,

You will know reconstruction-

Redesigning, reimagining,

Recompense.

Please be patient,

For when you feel you

Know nothing

About this world,

You will find

It will finally

Come to your feet.

2013