of skin and heartbeat
even birdsong fades a bit
and sun burning into skin
no matter even this
the immediacy of life and what is right there in front of you
comes in surprising ways
sure, easy to see: in sex, the body of another so present that moment….
but it’s there too, this immediacy of life
of being
alive
when hands are fully engaged in
well, the world right now that my hands can touch
this small bit of the vast wonder in which I find myself one among many doing what I do.