Put away the glare of worlds within those squares of light
Because we need things we can touch
We need the metallic smell of yeast
The touch of dough in the webs of our hands
The comfort of butter
We need to light candles
on our tables and in our hearts
We need the Autumn sun to leak out of the sky
and into our skin
We need to notice how the clouds are in pieces
How the moon is a rind
Watch the leaves gather in silent groups
as the trees are suddenly unburdened
We need hugs, warm ones. Long ones.
To breathe each other in and to rest there for a bit
Because now we can.
We need to hear voices
Ones we love and miss
Hear their fears and their joys
because we hadn’t really been listening
We need to press pen to paper
Trace words with our fingers
Make the music
Paint the colours
We need soil in our fingernails
To press a seed into the warmth
To watch that green shoot heading
upwards towards the light
Put away that rectangle, which reflects where you are not.
Because we need things we can touch.
2 comments
Beautiful and spot on. We are cooking cooking cooking old fashioned, lengthy family meals. Just took a batch of rusks out the oven. Started weeding the lawn yesterday – with a glass of wine in hand 🙂
Trying to take a dip in the freezing pool every day to shock the senses.
are so damn blessed that we have all these luxuries to cocoon us in the strange time. I think often of those that are on the street or in a rescue center.
Thank you for this wonderful piece.
Yes, yes, yes. Wow! x