The House that Love Built - Acrostic

Liquid flows freely, or pools solidly  
Over the course of Time and Lives  
Voyaged through dimensional veils  
Entering an atmospheric birth canal
 
Shaking with fluid drying on our skin
Hair caking, lungs draining, vocals  
Air borne with first sounds of
Crying, needing to be held from
Kindergarten through college days
 
Because the need for Love doesn't  
Assuage with age; it worsens through
Blatant neglect or abuse of powerless
Youth, causing them to lose Faith
 
Lowering them to hopelessness
Oppressing belief until fear and  
Vindictive thoughts form a misty
Ether between reality and illusion  
 
Shattering dreams as wastelands  
Hearts bleeding pints of hope
Across the landscape of years until
Crucified, born again in Truth before
Kicking fear's lies through the door  
 
Taking a chance on Love's beckoning  
Hearing their name called forth  
Accepting Destiny despite painful  
Thoughts of past experiences  
Stunting their spiritul growth  
 
Walking onward to the threshing floor
Having endured pinions of tests and
Every negative thought that  
Rises from the back of their mind
Eying instead Love's kiln;
 
Its bellowed breath hot against  
Their skin; but, they don't run, they
Stand firm knowing without doubt;
 
At last, at last, at last -  
Their Love has come along
~
 
 
 
For J and myself, because we believed  
despite circumstance, obstacles, heavy  
baggage, or ghosts - and always will
 
Acrostic lyrics: 'Love Shack', B-52's
& 'At Last', Etta James