On this part

Of my journey

I have been blessed

By many things

But mostly

With an urgency

To connect or

Somehow to cling

To the images

Of beauty

As each minute

Passes away,

With every precious

Day I see.

It’s outside the

World of dreaming

We are affected

So deeply

By sweet compassionate

Mumblings caressing

Everyone gently

As it bears witness

To living.

I still believe

In Earth,

We each have

A heart worth loving.