I and I (us) against you/me

You will find no loyalty greater than to your self,
until you allow the self to grow beyond here and now.
These mortal bodies use skin as walls;
barriers made to deflect or absorb the warmth of love.
To consume is to withhold, to love is to reflect/return what was given.
To listen is to silence our lies and allow the truth to reverberate through us.
 
Shadows hide the truth. Speech is an illusion formed by our inability to hear.
Stillness and frenzy are the limits of connection.
Surety is patient and calm, it is alone but not lonely.
Connection is expansive but not destructive or consumptive.
To grow is to create, to build is to destroy.
To love is to recognize what’s buried beneath.
We can’t be more than what we are. So, while we are in this form,
we must be love. We must love us so that love will spread.
We must connect on the level of the soul, the heart, the mind, the body.
We must open ourselves and emote, project, promote, and supply love.
Yet, do not ignore the anger within you, lest it grow wild and loud.
Hear the pain in its bite; the projection of frustrated invisibility,
its sorrow from broken promises and failed dreams,
the fear of an eternity within its form. Reassure its concerns.
Allow it to feel the joy within you, and you shall shine as the sun.