I am reaching out to see
If you are reaching out to me
For though it’s hard, I really mean
To be safe and to be seen
I am peeling off the layers
Hardened by snubs and shame and glares
To let my eyes again have sight
Though squinting, turn away from light
The darkness beckons me, retreat
Back to the cell of safe defeat
But if I stand strong, I will see
The light and love to set me free
Possibility is walking on fresh sand
Running between rain and blue sky
Letting each drop of life soak in
Smiling as the moments pass by
Possibility is dew-covered rose buds
The pristine silence of a first snow
Rapturous moments of an ocean sunrise
Intertwining of light and shadow
Possibility is embracing the unknown
Learning to live in discovery
Opening, connecting to other people
Possibility is permission to be free
Walk through rays of time with me
Dust-filled sunbeams in a wood
Feel the breath of memory
Wind through trees so long have stood
Listen to the past run by
Gurgling brook of mountain rain
Watch as sun and shadows fly
Clouds blow in and out again
Hear the sounds of evening near
Nesting bird calls in the trees
Count the points of starlight clear
Pure and timeless, silent breeze
Bid another day farewell
Wrapped in glorious vivid hue
Taste the moon’s great lustrous spell
Against twilight’s deepening blue
Sit so still that we can feel
The rotation of the world
Time and space now centered here
Present, past, and future swirled
