Step away from your screen
Long enough to see
To notice
The enchanting worlds
At your feet
Moss, grasses, cracks in the sidewalk
Reminders
We share this earth
Step away from the news
Long enough to dream
To imagine
A world where there’s enough
A world
Where all funding is cut
And we have
Everything we need
Step away from your point
Long enough to breathe
To feel
Your chest rise
And fall
The air, dry, in your nose
Each in
Each out proclaiming you’re alive
Step away from the mirror
Long enough to look
At one
Who has been where you are
Our society
Praises youth over age
But ask
Where have the elders gone?
Step away and be still
And know God is here
And know
You are loved
For to act
In any other way
Is to work
For the one whom you fight
Step away and listen
Long enough to hear
The earth
She has words for us
She longs
To teach us the new, old way
And again
We will dwell
In the land of the infinite
