Longing

Sometimes my whole body cries

Tears leak from my eyes

And longing then

Is felt as the entirety

Of all that I am

Longing

Filled to brim with the beauty

Of sadness

Bereft here I struggle in the wilderness

Knowing now

Without question

That love is the greatest reality

For without it we flounder

And without its cohesive energy

Cells spin out of control

Driven to frenzy by countless fractures

Deep fissures in matter

Stories untold

This longing to touch your hand

To look deep into your eyes

Well lately it entirely undoes me

I know the critics will say

Give all of this hopeless desiring

And passionate longing away

But how can I

When the truth is that

This desire for deepest connection

Is the ultimate reality

Living

At the very heart of us