Pour down on us
a universal definition of
understanding
free us from our misguided vision
of power and success and omnipotence
and let love diffuse through the air

love to the freckles
and knuckles
and toenails
and hips
and eyebrows
and belly buttons
of a billions of souls

bring us together

if I love you
you will know because
I am all consuming
I will adore ever inch of you

(the bones in your elbow
the creases by your eyes
the space above your lips beneath your nose
the strand of hair behind
your ear
the way you blink
the shape of your toes
the way your
eyelashes flutter
the
slow
and then fast
beating of your heart)

I sweep myself
into a puddle
and I evaporate
into the dirt

and I drown in
the sand
and I freeze
under blankets

and I hunger
for water
and I thirst
for words

and I taste
the anger
and I breathe
the impossible

and I cry
in sheer happiness  
and laugh
from a broken heart

but I still live.

Dance around me
Kiss me like a flame to paper
Consume me entirely
And then let me fall apart
And get carried by the wind
Until I am nothing more than an echo

Sing to me
Embrace me like a tree to earth
Hold me tightly
And then speak to me calmly
Until I realize that I am not frozen
In this simple place forever

Play inside me
Flow through me like blood to the body
Fill me relentlessly
And let life carry me up
And be a storm that sustains me
Because the storm is the purpose to live

Whisper the truth
Free me like a caged animal
Engrain me with reason
And unchain me from the rules
So that I can finally breathe
Because freedom you tempt me
Dance, sing, play, whisper to my soul
Show me how to live.