Hello old friend
I have returned
After long journeys
To distant shores
I’ve learned other languages
Other ways
Other customs
And ways of perceiving
I come back now
As teacher
As friend
To share with you
If you’ll listen
Again
There seems to be more here
Than our minds can grasp
More here than logic
Locks with its rusty hasp
Some deeper river
Subterranean courseway
A connection beyond
The wrong way
Or rightway
I return to you now
Human and holly
Knowing the purpose
Of this story
Dwell in your tissue
Dwell in your joy
Remember your sorrows
As a little boy
Remember them with understanding
A tributary of love
Coursed from that Earth river
A gift from above
Let it flow
And then...
You too
Will finally know.