LET ME TAKE YOU SOMEWHERE ELSE
Let me take you somewhere else:
Hand in hand, on distant sand
we’ll stroll past ocean’s remnants
as they glisten in the winter sun,
and listen to songs of the sea—
The surf that whispers,
Shhhhh—as a mother to a child
Would say, “Be still. Do you hear?”
Or else:
Together alone
In winter woods we’ll walk
On autumn’s soft remains, which
In concert with our strides,
Say shhhh, shhhh, shhhh,
Reminding us to listen
To the silence of the rocks.
Or else:
Through city streets,
Where we’ll retreat
Among the towers
To watch humanity in motion,
Eight million yearnings
Among the lights and hum
Descending at last by fire
In some small café.
Or else:
We needn’t move at all.
Be still, and let me take you
somewhere else
into the land
created
when two minds mingle
at the apex of communion.
A simple gaze.
A touch.
A darkened room is all
we need to begin the journey.