Appreciate

it is important 
to stand under a night sky
shirtless  
so exposed skin 
can appreciate 
hands
that drive machines
that pick 
the cotton 
of your 
new jacket. 

it is important 
to drink yourself sick 
so liver 
can appreciate 
sweet tasting blood 
that flows 
on the expressway 
from a brain 
to a heart

it is important 
to love with ears 
so eyes 
can appreciate 
what they have 
in front of them 

it is important 

to walk with
feet bare
on crushed rocks 

so heels can truly 

appreciate

the grass