There’s something happening inside me

Right where the heart beats

I sense an awesome change

Within me.

It feels as if I’m in love

(Who doesn’t like that feeling?)

It seems as if nothing else matters

And it surely feels good.

It feels as if I’m in love

But with whom I don’t know

It feels as if I’m in love

And it surely feels good.

I wonder how I can feel this peace

When all around me battles rage.

I wonder how I can feel this love

When hatred and prejudice tear about me.

I wonder how I can be so confident

When I am ignorant as a child.

I wonder how I can feel this joy

When pain and sorrow swirl around.

But I cannot deny what I feel inside me

Right where the heart beats.

I sense an awesome change

And all I want to do

Is love, love, love

And all I want to be now

Is love, love, love.

I want to love the life about me

And the essence of my roots

I want to love friends’ goodness

I want to love those who love me

And I want to love those who don’t

All I want to do now

Is love, love, love

And all I want to be now

Is love, love, love.

I want to love the rose

And its thorn as well.

I want to love the honey

And bee stings as well.

I want to love the placid sea

And its tempests too.

All I want to experience now

Is love, love, love

And all I want to be

Is love, love, love.

I want to love the Sun, the heat

The Moon, the dark.

I want to love the dangerous snake

And I want to love its venom.

Because there’s something happening inside me

Right where the heart beats

I sense an awesome change

Right within me.

And all I want to experience now

Is love, love, love

And all I want to be

Is love, love, love.

Kwami Nyamidie

January 25, 2003