so far away
from home
ckua streams
who would have thought
not me
but I listen
intently
like I can see
the wildflowers
if I am intent
enough
it connects me
sustains me
forest fires rage on
a lifetime away
a world away
another universe
i know exists
but so remote
as to be
of the other world
i email a man
i have never met
i dream of a life
that probably
doesn't exist
but if i give up
let go
it never will
i speak a language
duolingo tells me
i am 54% fluent in
then why
do i understand
nothing
like God
whispering to me
at night
in my dreams
telling me stories
my Spanish English
dictionary
cannot
explain to me
he speaks to me
this unknown man
words
like poetry
to my dried-up ears
they wake me up
sustain me
they take me home
to the other world
it's the new moon
a black night
awaits me
the nothingness
i have grown
accustomed to
the emptiness
i was ready for
but still continually
surprises me
with its audacity
to whisper
"wake up
to the nothing
wake up
to the everything
of Me"
