Touch the World

Touch the world
watch it shine
see some love
feel a shimmer
a tremor
a pulse
a rhythm

the massive heartbeat
the collective
a congruent energy
wrapped around this
sphere
inhaling together
holding their breath during
the few seconds
you touch the world
amazed
enraptured
held captive

and in that second
life's pain fades
stress a distant memory
worries on hold for another moment
hope that, for just a brief moment
exhilaration can
ride the clouds
and reign in the sunshine

transcending logic
just because you
touched the world