connection

Even as babies

before we can talk
we stretch out our arms & hands
and reach for what we desire.

In lockdown

with technology: electricity to computer

over wires

over phone lines

through the vast emptiness of the air

and in ways I cannot understand

we reach out, 

see and hear each other.

But at any time, in every time,

the connections of the heart,

not needing electricity or phone lines

or a 5G network,

need only love ~ 

a space in my heart for you

one in yours for me. 

And, Jesus, that baby in the stable,

reaches out for us all

connecting us with love.

written 12-30-20