Out Beyond

Somewhere past the headlines and articles,

 the bold font, all CAPITALS, 

the comments, the opinions,

 the back and forth, 

the "do this" and "don't do this," 

 

Out beyond the fear and statistics and charts, 

the governments, 

the blue screens, 

the selfies, 

the backbiting, name calling, misunderstandings.

 Half faces, Lonely eyes 

 Far away from the sea of signs-

 of "stand here" and "don't stand here" or 

"this door only before 9:00" and "this way/that way," 

"Please listen," 

"We're hurting," 

"This MATTERS"  

Signs.

On the other side of

 Mental whiplash

Judgements

and

Fear

There's a place of peace

That you can walk/run/dig/jump/fly to

But 

You must go with Open

Heart

Mind 

Ears and

Eyes 

And a Closed

Mouth.

It's here we are still

and we are free. 

The place you remember that we are all connected

to the 

universe and

to each other. 

The place we rise above this marble

of tasks and rules

and find the higher reason.

Self preservation is a long lost battle,

Can you not see? 

We're not to fight each other

but FOR

each other.

Together. 

We are all together. 

Beyond it all

A family.

Forest found in Island Park, Idaho 🌲🌱