Earlier this year I was staying with my sister in the quiet, but beautiful city of Adelaide. One evening i was fussing about in the kitchen, cooking up dinner, when Jenny and her then fiancee (now hubby) approached me and asked me to do a reading at thier wedding. Obviously I was honoured and asked is i could write it myself. The theme was to be love, and the following is the end result. (N.B. the "optometrisits at Uluru" bit refers to the fact my sister and her man are both optoms and Kurt proposed at Uluru.)
Lyricists, poets, writers, script writers, singers, the guy buying flowers for his girlfriend, the chick smiling uncontrollably thinking of her boyfriend, the gay dude dancing a little bit harder 'cuase he's just seen the man of his dreams, the midget in U2's 'all i want is U' video, the optometrists at Uluru! What do all these people have in common? They've been inspired my love. By the feeling of elation two souls are able to generate when they meet and melt together in a sublime reverie of universal significance.
Since the world began spinning has love been the barings keeping it moving. If not for the passion evoked my such a thing as love, I think the world would be a very trite and banal place. Colours would be dull, birds wouldn't sing as joyfully and horizons just wouldn't seem as serene. Love has an important juxtposition to the alaignment of the stars and our perception of our universe. Imagine a world where you're unble to see true beauty, unable to be struck in awe at mountain ranges, or delight in a gorgeous sunset. When someone simply feels love,the energy produced from that one person allows our universe to keep on expanding.
Defining love is inplicably difficult and each person holds each variation in a different light. From William Shakespear to Billy Joel, people throughout the ages have been trying to define this feeling, this emotion, this powerful entity that we as humans crave...nay, yearn for. The power of love is a curious thing. Makes-a one man weep, and another man sing. Change a hawk to a little white dove, more than a feeling, that's the power of love.
If Moulin Rouge taught us anything, it's that;"the greatest thing you'll ever learn, is just to love and be loved in return."
love, woody xxx
