THE CLOSET MYSTIC

i was put on this earth to love

of this am i certain.

so long have i been hungry,

hungry for purpose.

but never did the hunger abate

until i gave. 

this was hunger that asked not for consumption

this was hunger that demanded i give of myself

how satiated was i after i loved

how satiated was i when i loved without expectation of return

for when i was concerned not

about what i was to receive back

when i loved not as a means,

but as an end, 

i was abundant beyond my wildest dreams,

riches untold without a penny to my name.