day 30: you’ll see me, standing

Energy--
The charged hum between bodies;
The sunbeams from open smiles;
The melodies in vocal joy and hands on shoulders;
The high in collective arms raised in service of music;
The multiple glances across tables and rooms;
The warmth of deliberately long embrace;
The focus on the movement on stage;
Behind eyes,
In limbs,
Adjusting spines,
Changing paces--
The unspoken exchange of it facing a crowd,
And the open gifting of it in a gathering of celebration

It creates us.
It builds on our frames and fully realizes us.

Hard reboot of all systems
When it’s safe to get closer than six feet;
Power button pressed as the sun breaks through--
give it a few minutes.

I’m all for new avenues but make no mistake,
I’m waiting at the front door for this...
I’ll wait as long as I must,
gaze threatening a hole in the screen door.

Everything I miss will return.
I’m fighting to make sure.