there may be those who I once allowed
to reduce my spirit
to a safe corner of my body
And yet one thing I know is true
Even when I grow forgetful.
Now if I receive or even give
to another person
One word of affirmation or a gesture
for a brief moment
this action allows my spirit to extend
to my entire form, deep into the earth and the light
of the stars
a spirit
To see too we are
Every single one of us made up
of everyone and every thing.
Impose judgment and you are judged.
Harm another you believe is outside of you and
One day the numbness of distrations and escape arts
Wear off
And you feel the pain you inflict on another part
of yourself.
It is merely a choice not retribution
Any more than a light socket would
Seek revenge for reaching into it
With a painful shock.
This is a lesson on earth
that is part of being human.
So let us heal each other
What do you say...