Love: Cliff Note Conversation

Letters from Light, Advent Poems

The fourth and final week of Advent is here. Today is also Christmas Eve, when the last Advent candle will be lit in celebration of Jesus’ birth. Christianity isn’t the only faith tradition with candles aglow this time of year. In the dim moments, when it feels like violence and suffering are inescapable realities, I imagine all the candles of creation coming together for good. Oh, the potential we hold, if only we’d lay down our weapons and choose to collectively shine!

It feels right to end this Advent series with a LOVE poem. Read and listen below. And then, if and as you are able, make space in the coming days to sit with LOVE, have a conversation, be open to transformation.

I am so grateful for each of you and your presence here at Wednesdays at the Well. You are all lights in my life and creative work.

With Love,
Rebecca & 10CAMELS

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Love: Cliff Note Conversation
©Rebecca Wilson, December 2025

more than once 
not so long ago
in a land not real far away
a queer kid heard an elder say
   stop, I speak the truth in love
   you’re going to hell

that kid became an adult
their body and desires
the way they experienced the world
like love, a mystery they feared 

shadows overcame them
shame steamed every mirror 
   love knocked
   they disappeared

falling in
pushed them in
to deep despair
   love kept calling
   softly joined them there 

love spoke
   they listened
   they cried
love heard 
   prayerful promises
   silent screams 
   whispered words

here’s the cliff note conversation

   truth is fiction unless inviting transformation 

   hell is not a destination
rather living life consumed by hatred

loving self is not a sin
especially when
you’ve been named abomination

loving others is a gift 
given and received
strong doubt, brave belief
blissful risk, vulnerable healing

love is burning like a candle 
faceless as the wind
the flame will warm us
or destroy us
choice is ours to let them in

love is brilliance
   illuminating
   trepidating
   proclamating
hopeful 
peaceful
joyful 
   co-creating

the moment
   we strike the match
miracles begin

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