A big bit of love fills you up
Your spirit soars and gives you flight
Rising up you see a world
Full of your beloved
There is little left beyond
And all that is there
Is tinged with the presence
Of your beloved’s being

A big bit of love fills you up
Inspires you to acts of boldness
Generates plans of great proportion
Colours the future with the sense of success
Marks out plans for great journeys
Holding hands seeing grand sights
Feasting at the delectable table of desire

A small bit of love leaves space for living
Inspires delight in ordinary togetherness
That it colours with a golden glow
Imbuing life with a sense of significance
Made full by the presence of the beloved
Who stands not before you
But by your side holding hands
Looking towards life lived together
With gentleness and warmth
With sparkle and adventure
And with an awareness of life
Enlarged by another life shared
Enriched by feelings and thoughts
Experienced empathically
Acknowledged authentically
Shared openly in deep trust
Allowing each to honour the other
In recognizing the specialness
That lies within the self of the loved
And in recognizing the worthiness
Of the small bit of love
That lies within you
Which though small
Brings a vast awareness
Of the value of you
Your beloved
This amazing world and
The journeys that lie ahead
To be loved and lived together

There is value in love large
And it is in the morning of the day
A wonderful experience
But in time it must pass
For it clouds the living of life
Hiding the blue sky
And reducing the radiance
Of the traversing sun
Masking the world in which
Our journeys need to be travelled

For life to be filled fully
We need love to be small
Not to cover over life
But to nurture its flourishing
Life is not for love
Love is for life
For it is in its truth
A small thing
Which through its smallness
Can permeate everything
Not overpowering it
Enriching it
Making the ordinary special
And the other extraordinary
This day we celebrate
The small bit of love
In one another
Thank you for this gift