Here's to the Search of the Great Something #4

For my something this week, I am sharing my favorite spoken word poem, "When Love Arrives" by Sarah Kay and Phil Kaye. I share this for a few reasons:

(1) The hopeless romantic in me has been embarrassingly present on this blog. So, a poem about love only seems fitting.

(2) This poem connects many memories of love across time. It is a long reflection from multiple perspectives. In this way it reminded me of my 'Notebook" posts. I connected may feelings from many spaces in my life and tried to turn them 'outward' by highlighting a theme of me being unable to speak the truth to many people in my life. Here, the personal is turned outward and 'love' is the omnipresent metaphor (connects to the in-class drawing activity, eh?). It tells stories, yes, but it leaves us with a lesson that I still covet close to my heart (a lesson that also has to do with 'the silence'): "If Love leaves, ask her to keep the door open behind her. Turn off the music. Listen to the quiet. Whisper, 'Thank you for stopping by."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdJ6aUB2K4g