“To be human again”: a poem…

To be human again

With all my heart, I wish to be

human, together, to see

myself in your eyes, to feel your heart

in my heart, beating with one great pulse

that echoes in the canyon of our soul.

There was one moment when we sat

beside each other and watched

a new sun stretch its arms

and fling light across the inky darkness,

yearning for that first fresh day.

The words that shaped the world

still dripped from tender leaves. 

Do you remember that sunrise

when we could taste the light

like honey and lemon on our lips?

When the birds sang for the first time?

There is always a push

that seeks to separate, to tempt us

to shatter the memory of soft hands,

but when I sit still and breathe,

when I close my eyes and feel

the morning breeze dance across my face,

I can still see that first sunrise

and the light that kissed us both.

I can see us sitting together,

and I remember what it means

to be human again.

Stuart