I offer another the idea that worthiness is not the point

love is or at least connection

we are never and always worthiness

the word itself picks at indoctrination

or dogma for which only man’s hand held the brush no god creates with absolute

as man paints

limited he is yet determined to somehow be eternal

foolish

we can each only be thankful

I learned this the day I felt no thanksgiving not a lick of gratitude

but knew better so I set out to find an ounce a trickle a smidge to carry me into the people I must face for I was after all their guest

and they were after all family

I had to realize I am

still

despite

here and there

today.

I was deep deep below the time of man it is the only place I find

life

only existent because of flowers

we cannot in one lifetime see all that we would like to see

life is leaving some of all that we hunger to know

unknown.