nathanael.ink

There is a vein
of sympathetic joy
I can feel
through my feet.

The earth
a kind of conduit

from me
to the happiest soul that has ever lived

from me
to the most sorrowful seat in the universe.

At once
through my feet
I find
I can take it all in
with love
and a little attention.

I can feel your hunger from here.
I can hear your mourning in the air.
As who I am,
and believe myself to be,
expands
into your limbs
and your mind in mine.

I suddenly notice
that “noticing”
means about the same thing
as creating
a universe
from nothing.