Surrounded, now it seems like it is complete,

Or at least more than beginning.

The love which I feel for others,

And the need to connect with them astounds my heart,

Jumping and leaping with each new connection,

Searching for empathy, each moment.

xxx

This ever-expanding universe is the one of which de Chardin talked,

Where grace is never lost, merely shared in every increasing portions,

Until I am finally surrounded by love on all sides.

xxx

Making it visible where sadness and pain reside;

Where the communities work lies waiting.

Read carefully,

I digested the scene set to me,

Savored the prose,

The adjectives,

And searched for the author’s intent;

As if success was knowledge.

XXX

When, suddenly, a voice called out for understanding;

And a search for the verse within me began.

The summer garden suns itself,

Slightly baked in the elevated warmth of three pm,

Displaying my whites to the point of translucency,

Yet making me smile as others skins turn brown without shade.

xxx

As I smile happily to all those passing.