Live

Islands of solitude surrounded by distance
Love's current massaging their hopeful shores
Beating hearts, without passion's rhythm
Cooled from isolation therapies
Yearning for life's intimate warmth
The delicious invitation to connect and live.

For what is life without connection
Listening to our own beating hearts
I want to stand on that shoreline
Watch the horizon for a rhythmic swell
As it turns into a warm tidal wave
And washes over me, passionately.

Incandescence breathing in life-giving emotion
Currents of sorrow, fear, and anger
Isolate the hopeful, beating heart
Joy, love, and laughter sing of feeling
Touched by the sea of human connection
Bringing together our islands of solitude.