Tangibly Present

Tangibly Present

I hear the quiet,

The gentleness of the air

No frequencies

Piercing or 

Tones to defer

 

I go in quietness

As I sow the seeds

Whether here

Or whether there.

 

I silently heed 

The call

to step out

of 

The digital world

Of pixels and bytes 

To the tangible present

 

Where hugs are felt

And faces seen

The essence of life

Experienced

in

Such a tangible way

 

Before the airwaves

Brought decay

Of human hearts

Speaking aloud

What they had to say

Of hands for touching

To comfort and tend

To matters presently

expressed

 

I long to touch

the wrinkled faces

That time have written

The glory of life

To walk hand in hand

Upon the land

And running upon the path

To dive into a lake

And swim 

In it's cold

refreshing

waters.

Weightlessly gliding

Thru

The ripple's laughter 

Of the river's song

 

To push a child upon a swing

As they gain their wings to soar

To see the twinkle in the eyes

When something takes them

By surprise.

 

I wonder if

This is

a human test

To discover life

At it's  best

For the rest

To remember

To appreciate

The present moment

As humans are

It seems

we have gone

Away from

so far

I choose to live

My life

Not as

An avatar.

 

 

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