Congratulations!
You're invited!
One trip to the Grand Canyon,
All expenses paid!
Travel, food and amenities covered,
Nothing but care-free lounge ahead for you,
My friend.
You'll see all the beauty this world has to offer
Gaze into expansive empty space
Become filled with a unique, invigorating sensation,
Remember what it's like to love your country.
You'll see the most glorious sky,
As if it was water-colored by lovestruck angels.
You'll see a sunset so bright and so vibrant,
You'll collapse to your knees in awe and love.
But you'll feel none of that beautiful sun's warmth.
Do you take my hand, traveler?
Is it still worth it to see all there is to see,
Without access to the full spectrum of sensation?
Would you remember the awe and the joy
Anywhere near as much as you remember the cold?
Would the words of God himself even reach you,
Without the resonant power of the sound waves?
Could you bear to look in your lovers eyes?
Her, passed out in exhausted silence,
Chest heaving with all the labor of child birth,
Dreaming no doubt of the life you 3 will have,
And you,
Unable to feel the soft sensation
Of his little hands in yours,
Only able to feel the pressure,
But never the warmth.
They say the pain is how we know we're still alive,
But, dearest, I beg to differ.
I'm of the opinion that love, that warmth
Make us human, make us alive,
You could live a real, authentic life
Never having broken bone or punctured skin,
But you may yet fail to find the pulse
Of a man who's never loved,
Never known the warm serotonin wave
That ripples from the living man's heart.
So, take not your frigid Grand Canyon trips,
Reject the notion of a life without heat,
And take the ticket, instead,
To your very own backyard's jacuzzi tub.
Travel less, experience more,
Cease your long search for what you already have.
Invite those who spark joy, eject all else,
And create a canyon's worth of memories,
Absolutely, and authentically, all your own.
