Remove the barricades

Remove these barricades

That keep me distant from love

Let me know that there is care there

Even if at times the world forgets

To show the thing

That is most important

Maybe as a collective

In the past

We took too much for granted

Living only on the surface

Of life

Forgetting that the heart is really

The most important thing

So if now

Death comes as a visitor

To remind us how precious

Is this gift of life and love

And that it is in the connecting with each other

That our hearts most open

Then let the ache of separation

Remind us that

When it comes down to it

Love and being there

For others

Is what is most important

And allow that love

To remove the barricades

That keep us distant

From each other