A Maya Angelou poem is prayer beautifully penned, the words are worship, life encapsulated into rhyme. This is a prayer for Valentines Day. Listen to the video, and read the poem yourself, letting the words take flight in your heart. And when you are ready, write down your reflections on love in your journal.

Touched by an Angel
Maya Angelou

We, unaccustomed to courage
exiles from delight
live coiled in shells of loneliness
until love leaves its high holy temple
and comes into our sight
to liberate us into life.

Love arrives
and in its train come ecstasies
old memories of pleasure
ancient histories of pain.
Yet if we are bold,
love strikes away the chains of fear
from our souls.

We are weaned from our timidity
In the flush of love’s light
we dare be brave
And suddenly we see
that love costs all we are
and will ever be.
Yet it is only love
which sets us free.

Published by Eric Santillan

Eric Santillan has been a relationship counsellor for 21 years. He is married with two kids. He is also a productivity and organisational development consultant with a MSc from the University of Liverpool. His mission is to bring the discipline and effectiveness of organisational and management tools into personal relationships, to make them even more meaningful and full of life.

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