Because you can

If you could,

Wouldn’t you use

all the tools you have

to feel love, to feel alive?

Wouldn’t you use music

and dance

and fantasy

and observation, jolted with

surprise,

and wonder,

and the tingling sensation

of remembered touch?

Wouldn’t you let

the padded feet of your affection

lead you down paths

of new connection?

— Hands reaching eager

even if you can’t see?

And if it doesn’t map

on what you’ve called your life,

Won’t you allow

your sights to be lifted?

— Step into the fullness

of everything 

this life, this love, imparts!

©Wendy Mulhern

January 28, 2013