Supranational Chumminess

 
When I suffer my pain doesn’t separate me from You
from us; it brings me closer to You, to us, to all

I can see how my sufferings looks as though I am lost
headed for physical disaster
mental torment
emotional madness
I am, however, immersed in the ocean of humanness
maybe even sand dunes of compassion
winds of universal love and kindness

Despite my sad and wounded red spillages
I am connected to You, my Friend,
even if we just met
have never met
met

I embrace my suffering
polish my lens with
tears from my past
thereby purifying my spirit
enabling and strengthening
me against the typhoon waves
that try to separate me
from the world

our world

our celestial interconnectedness