This is real

We will seek the place

where our hands can tell us:

This is real —

This is the deep soil

that clings in fingerprints,

that insists on connection;

This is the hidden liquid

that rises up through stems and leaves,

its constant, unseen circulation

the standing wave for all the green of life;

This is the spark —

electrical and necessary interchange

that makes us sure

we are alive and needed,

Where our hands and hearts can tell us:

This is real.

©Wendy Mulhern

July 20, 2013