what is it to be
small and insignificant
while whole and connected?
what is this world
where beauty, cruelty,
pain, terror, kindness, oneness
all coexist?
trauma begets trauma
fingers are pointed
lines get drawn
us versus other
and yet…
we all feel the pulsing current
like a heart
like a gallop that’s wild and free
deep underneath
and mostly unconscious
forever there.
when we listen
we know we are truly alive
and infinite
and together.
Amanda Butterfield 