no words to speak

no words to speak
we enter this world innocent infants with a cry of surprise and pain totally dependent totally without understanding		we leave this world innocent again often with surprise and pain often dependent often without understanding

naked skin
naked soul
no words to speak
no feelings to share
no touch but to cling

but bonds of love build up
our early understanding
our interdependence
as we so journey
from heaven to earth

but bonds of love uphold
our fragmented understanding
our diminished independence
as we so journey
from earth to heaven

written for friends whose parents became strangers in their final years.
In fives because five is balance - the golden mean.

mar 2001 elias