Awaken

I want to know

what it means to be

in one place

fully

to feel my roots intertwined

vibrating, pulsating

to the web beneath us.

I want to experience

the sea from inside

thrashed against the rocks

only to be reborn

in an instant

into waves and motion.

I want to feel

the currents of air

pushing me up and up

dancing with the wind and breeze

with wings extended

in pure delight.

I want to be the

heat of the fire

devouring branches and leaves

only to be cooled

by the morning dawn

reunited with the soil.

And yet

I am already these things

if only I can awaken from the dream

that would have me believe

we are accidental tourists

and not messengers of a divine presence.