Getting Wet

While caught up in the storms of life

The gales of to and fro

I called out to God one night

What do I need to know?

God said

Love is what you are

Not something that you get

But you here to learn to swim,

So start by getting wet.

Phil Millichip,

from his book of collected poems-“The Gift” © copyright 2005 Phil Millichip

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