You Don’t Have to Seek Love

by Te Martin

Theresa “Te” Martin (they/them) is a community organizer, song-keeper, and ritual artist. Te believes deeply in the power of song to build resilience and to inspire change. They were born on Ramaytush Ohlone land in San Francisco and have been shaped by Ocean, Redwoods, circus arts, and theater games. Te served as co-organizer of Thrive Street Choir in the San Francisco bay area for six years and is currently based in Taos, NM.

You can listen to their music on Bandcamp, and support their work via Patreon.

“Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.”

(This song was inspired by a quote often misattributed to the 13th century Persian poet and Sufi mystic, Rumi (Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī). It turns out this is actually a verse from A Course in Miracles (Chapter 16, IV, 6:1) by Helen Shucman.)

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LYRICS:

Alto 2 (Low mid):

You don't have to seek love 
Only have to let go
Of all that's in the way, love 
All that's holding you back

Tenor/Bass (Low):

There is a path that is walking toward you

Alto 1 (High mid):

For we know that love is seeking us

Soprano (High):

For we know that love is seeking us
For we know that we must let go
For we know that love is __ seeking us

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