Celebrate Marriage Equality Get Together, "Poetry Reading: Our Supporters Respond to the Fall of DOMA and Prop 8", Lois, 2013/06/13
[caption: “Poetry by Lois @ June Mazer Lesbian Archives 6.30.2013 Response to US Supreme Court Decision on DOMA/Prop. 8]
Lois: I’m sharing a couple of poems. This first one is called “Sharing Unconditional Love with Our Life Partners.”
To couples from the gay and lesbian community, may it be said that when the heart and soul are strong and sustaining, it will bring the partners together unconditionally with their shared love. Relationships and marriages become stronger when true honesty and true love are part of the essence of who and what they are. The men and women of the gay and lesbian community are the role models for the planet. They will have the perseverance and foresight for true love. These couples will also express truthfulness to each other, and their marriages will last forever. When each partner looks deep inside their own soul and shares the best of who they are, from their heart and soul, you know their love will last forever. This will begin a long journey of experiences together that will show that they are truly walking their way back to God. May their unconditional love of shining light be seen from near and far, and for all to see. Peace and harmony to all.
Lois: The second poem I have is called “In the Garden and Seeding the Planet with Love.”
Let us seed the planet with empathy, compassion, understanding, and love. The seeding of the planet is what God is giving us as a present of awakening to being the wisdom of love. This is not known, but we connect with our partners by having our hearts and minds open to love. From our heart center, we also connect with each other, and all on the planet. God is with us every step, as we walk down the garden path. He knows the seeding of our inner soul on the garden path, takes us on a journey of self-discovery. We are awakening to the seeds of essence of our true self. The lessons and experiences of life are some of the ways that help us open to our heart centers and to our partners. This invisible key to the heart center is given to us. We are able to share unconditional love with our partners. You are both the lock and the key. It is the wisdom of this lock and key that will open your heart to each other.
We need to learn to grow up and become the messengers of love by loving ourselves first, then our partners, then our family, and then our friends. When we wrap ourselves in the rainbow umbrella of learning and healing, we give ourselves the ability to share the loving healing energy with each other and this gay and lesbian community. So let’s be the messengers of love for all to see.
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In celebration of same-sex marriage equality, Lois recites a poem about love and companionship.
Filmed at June L Mazer Lesbian Archives of West Hollywood, CA event, Celebrate Marriage Equality Get Together held June 20, 2013.
Interviewee: Lois
Interviewer: None
Transcriber: Rachel P.
Transcriber: Mikhail Z.
Formatter: Serena R.
Recording Date: June 20, 2013
Release Date: July 9, 2013
Location: West Hollywood, California
Interview Length: 00:03:10