Connection

How can I experience connection?

A young girl asked inquisitively.

I smiled and hugged her closely;

Sung softly what life had revealed to me:

You can know bliss from a delicious dish.

You can know passion from a breathless kiss.

But you can’t know connection until you wish

To tell the truth and tell it quick.

You can know joy from a friend’s guffaw.

You can know peace from an insight born.

But you can’t know connection until you’re called

To tell the truth and tell it all.

You can know sweetness from a stranger’s smile.

You can know beauty from a writer’s rhyme.

But you can’t know connection until you strive

To tell the truth and tell it wise.

You can know care from a mother’s cry.

You can know tenderness from time to time.

But you can’t know connection until you try

To tell the truth and tell it kind.

How can I experience connection?

A young girl asked inquisitively.

I smiled and hugged her closely;

Sung softly what life had revealed to me:

Acknowledge thoughts and feelings,

Out what’s in your heart,

For it’s not the truth but secrets kept

That tears connection apart.

Question "truths" with laughter:

What’s real and what is token?

And you’ll experience true connection,

With yourself and with those who are open.