As we see and feel

We see as we see

We feel as we feel

We are fully sensate beings

Designed with hearts and souls and minds

Vast and perceptive

Not allof humanity lives this vastness

Lives to embrace

Its great divides

So if you do

See it as a gift

There is nothing wrong with you

For seeing clearly

For feeling deeply

And for aching with the recognition

Of the pain of this disjoint

Between the spiritual and the material

The human and the creaturely

Know yourself as both

With your heart and soul as the bridge

And also see your mind

As the staircase that allows you to descend and ascend

Above and below

While trying your level best

To walk forward with steady grace

Both feet firmly planted

Firmly upon

This often tortured ground