This Love

This video appeared on Facebook a while back from Luminous Light Studios which is tied to the On Coming Alive project. It's set to a video and a woman is speaking these words. It brought me to tears the first time I saw it and I shared it with Lydia Kimball.

I tried to track down a transcript of it, but was unsuccessful. I ended up listening to it, and writing it down myself. I don't know how it should be spaced out but I will do my best. I love you, Hayden!

 

 

The Bereaved Mother's Love Project

 

There is a love

So pure
So tender
So strong
A love that spans over a lifetime
And pours in and out of other realms
It is higher than the stars that fill the moonlit sky
Wider than the earth itself
It is deeper than the most forbidden places of the ocean
A love that radiates brighter than the sun
And pulls just as mercilessly as a black hole
A love that is insurmountable in all regard
It is a love that transcends time
And is completely unrestrained
It is free


There is a love
So sacred
So cherished and true
A love that is incomprehensible to the world around
A love that can exist where others think it wouldn't
A love so perfectly intertwined
Deep within your heart, your soul
A love that makes the rest of the world look cold and gray
Because its beauty and depth are unmatched
Yet at the same time
It sheds beauty upon the earth
That was never before seen


Nothing compares to this love
The rivers of this love never run dry
And the gusts of its wind never cease
The depth and intensity of such love
Is the kind you only hear about
In fairy tales and happily-ever-afters
Yet it exists in something far from that

This love dwells in uncertainty
And shaky ground
It lingers in silent tears and aching arms
It is the light in the most isolated place
It lives to tell the tale of what was
And is no longer

This love rests in the irrecoverable pieces
Of our souls
And the gaping wounds
Of our shattered hearts
It sways elegantly with joy
In the darkest places
Of desolation and despair
For even in darkness
It continues to grow and rejoice
It is beauty and chaos released in the same breath

This love
This unchanging
Unwavering
Unbreakable love
Is that of a broken heart
This love belongs to the bereaved mother
For even in death she loves endlessly
For even in darkness her love is scintillating

Not even death could extinguish this love
For it is a love like no other
Unmatched and unparalleled
It is truly one of a kind
The world stands idly by
Waiting for the bond to break
For the bereaved mother to let it go
To give up
Little do they know they will wait for an eternity

The love of a bereaved mother
Is a force to be reckoned with
A force so powerful that nothing can stand in its way
Time nor death can change it
Sorrow nor pain can break it

This love
It is our love
It survives where they are not
Love that occupies the space in our hearts
And in our lives
Where they once were
This love saves a sacred space for them
It exists only because they lived
It remains even though they left
It is neither theory nor fiction
It is an incredible powerful truth
The love of a bereaved mother
Is an implausible, fierce, interminable love
That defies all odds

This love
It is what has taken root
In every single cell of our bodies
And pulses through our veins
With purpose and meaning
This love has wiped our souls clean
It has changed our very being
But death does not define us
It is this life and this love that defines us
It is this love that's changed the course of our lives
And has separated us from the rest of the world

This love
It is our love
And for the life of us
We will never let it go
It is the one thing that binds our broken souls
This love
It is what keeps us going
It is the echo that ripples
 In all that we do
And all that we are
No matter the distance
No matter the time
This love is prevailing
And it is mine