To Be In-Love With The Universe

I am being eaten alive by life itself
I can feel its hands all over me
I can feel its mouth searching for more
I can feel the watering cans filling me and filling me and filling me and filling me
When I'm already full
I am a real person
With a real face
And real teeth
And real hair
And I can see how much you love everything
When I'm not there
I can look in the mirror
And be happy with who I see
But be so ashamed that I can't let me
Escape me
I can spare you the bread
And the blood
And the wine
But save me the space
And the sun
And the time
When I am not breathing
When I am full
And whole
And in love
With the universe
Don't take that away from me
Remind me of what you did
For me
And where you took me
And what you showed me
And what you taught me
And what I never knew before
And what I may never know again
Please promise you aren't lying
Please promise that the world is a real place
Fit for real people
With real thoughts
And real hair
Find your shoes
But leave them where they were
Call me son
And your brother
And your sister
And your friend
And tell me I am wasting water
It is irreplaceable
Find me a place
Where the sun doesn't set
And it lives happily
Side by side
With the moon
And thoughts are spoken
And whispered
And sung
And tell me that my life is a song
Swimming with melodies
And rhythms
Waiting to jump off the pages of my dreams
And land in a reality.