Last night, I stepped outside
took a great delicious gulp
of cold crisp air
filled my lungs to
full
held it there, in a deep, deep
contented smile
then slowly released it
back out in to the night sky
I peeked out from under the roof
to check for stars
waited a minute, not spotting any
then
went back inside, to continue
frosting a cake
this morning early,
sweet solitude
coffee, the birds and a book
in which I follow again
a life’s battle through substances that
numb
and how much this troubles me greatly
for so many
I have known
And today, I’m thinking
in this solitude of a Sunday
about
connection
about the times we live in
about our access to information
and
each other
about how easily this works for us
and equally
against us
as a somewhat professed recluse
these advancements in technologies
often suit me
just fine
with the ability to engage and/or
withdraw
as one sees fit to do
but of course, sometimes there comes a
subtle reminder
of the very importance still
of
connection
of…
stepping out
and possibly more important now
than
ever
our ability to source out the true
from the
false
the greater, from the
narrow
and the real
from the superficial
do we have, greater reach…
sometimes
we do
are we any better equipped to know
just who we are
under that vast night sky
are we any more connected
to our own fragile
hearts
and have we learned yet
to trust
in
love
and simple goodness
to save us
because we are, all of us
connected
with no need really
to out shout
to out shine
to out
number
to out
right
to out
wit…
same vast sky
same love
and simple goodness
to save
us
it’s really, all we’ve got ♥