universe

frame your hand in the light of the moon
cup your ear from the wind
squint in the night, then open your eyes wide
take a deep breath
hear your heart pound
step into your skin for the first time,
freezing with anticipation and the deliberate breeze
touch bark with your fingertips
smell the deep of the trees around you
let go of the tense little world you have built
lay back on a rock, a boulder buried in the earth,
and absorb its potential
let its weight lay upon you as you lay upon it
until you are falling through the sky
with the earth behind you, rocketing
feel the massive accumulation of speed
pushing you before it
and dragging you behind it
shift around and stand above it
put your hand to it
hold it like a pebble in your fingers
like a grain of dust
let the galaxy float in the palm of your hand
a puddle in the sand
stars behind your eyes
the universe surrounds you like a skin
you breathe it in, it flows in your veins
you inhabit it just as it inhabits you.