Awaken

Touch me with the power of your words

Kiss my sleeping heart awake

Floating here among the outer reaches

I forgot that I still

Belong on earth

And it hurts to awaken now

To the breath of new life

Surrounding me

To see how much of a lost satellite I became

In those wilderness years

Seeking the way back to love

How deeply I numbed

The longing in my heart

To be a part

Of purely ordinary things

For it is here that I find my peace now

In the joyful simplicity

Of an afternoon spent

Sharing these precious moments

Touching base with life

Opening our ears and our hearts

To one another