Do not be afraid to reach out
For there will always be air there
To catch you
And if you have love in your heart as your cushion
Even if you fall
You will fall on clouds
Clouds of your own making
That sometimes swell up with rain
And drench your eyes with pain
But then the rain stops
The roaring thunder quiets down
And you can begin to sun shine again
And reach those arms above the clouds and touch the blueness of the open sky
And stretch your bones
Your fingers
Your physical being
To be larger than life
Around a large table
And touch every single heart
And trust that the love seeds you have planted will not die or rot away
Because love does not die
Love can change
And love can grow in new directions
But those seeds
Those roots underground
Might dry up above ground
Under snow they may freeze
But they are not frozen for long
Because soon the weather changes
And we all can begin again
All we need is that love
And love is all there is
Look at snow
The way it melts
Look at cycles
The balance
Love is balance
Love is care
Love is growth
Growth is that balance
The way a drop of water
Feeds the soil
Made by worms
There is so much there
So many intersecting stories
So much more beneath the surface
So we can know
About poverty
And struggle
And pain
But if we do not know love
If we do not know cycle
If we do not trust earth
If we do not trust ourselves
Us
We
We do not know
We are blind
We are tasteless
But there is always a path to love
There is always an opportunity
To find that
There is always a road

ahead.