Your Precious Love

Tonight I met my man to take in a movie that I knew wasn't going to be easy to watch: Detroit.

And it wasn't easy; it was important. To own that white cops hating on black men is not new, we just get to see it more often now because of cell phones and social media.

We still need to figure out what to do with it.

In the meantime, today, like every day, I'm so grateful for the precious love of my man, holding my hand through it all:

Every day there's something new

Honey, to keep me lovin' you

And with every passin' minute

Ah baby, so much joy wrapped up in it

Heaven must have sent you from above

Wo, heaven must have sent your precious love

And I, I've got a song to sing

Tellin' the world about the joy you bring

And you gave me a reason for livin'

And ooo, you taught me, you taught me the meaning of givin'

To find a love like ours is rare these days

'Cause you've shown me happiness, yes, in so many ways

I look in the mirror, and I'm glad to see

Laughter in the eyes where tears used to be

What you've given me I could never return

'Cause there's so much, girl, I have yet to learn

And I wanna show, I wanna show my appreciation

'Cause when I found you, I found a new inspiration

Ain't No Mountain High Enough

Another one of the Slacker so-called best love songs ever, this song has been playing on and off inside my head since I heard it on my run yesterday:

Listen, baby
Ain't no mountain high
Ain't no valley low
Ain't no river wide enough, baby

If you need me, call me
No matter where you are
No matter how far
Just call my name
I'll be there in a hurry
You don't have to worry

'Cause baby,
There ain't no mountain high enough
Ain't no valley low enough
Ain't no river wide enough
To keep me from getting to you

It's such a nice idea, the kind of love for which no mountain is too high to climb. I don't know for sure -- I'm still learning -- but I think it takes both the love and the willingness to keep climbing. Because love doesn't bridge the gap all by itself. It gives us the power to bridge the gap, if we are both willing and able to harness it.

At least, that's my belief:

Remember the day
I set you free
I told you
You could always count on me
From that day on I made a vow
I'll be there when you want me
Some way, some how

'Cause baby,
There ain't no mountain high enough
Ain't no valley low enough
Ain't no river wide enough
To keep me from getting to you

No wind, no rain

My love is alive
Way down in my heart
Although we are miles apart
If you ever need a helping hand
I'll be there on the double
As fast as I can

It sure is hard, having found the love and having the willingness myself, to give up on the climb. As hard as I have worked to get off the mountain, it keeps calling me back. It's true that I don't have a partner who is willing and able to bridge the gap at the moment. But that doesn't seem to require me to do anything yet. So I'm trying to just be where I am. In the space where I know what it takes and I know I have what it takes, but I don't know who will meet me there...