on the number five

can i say how thankful i am for as far as i can count
on one hand?
for the ten eyes captured in a booth every four months,
look how things have changed,
can you feel it?
it's not just a digital image
it's real live 'stuff'
that's hard to physically pinpoint except
for if you pay some attention to
tears
that have stained and the ones that still flow.
Wounds? yes.
but ask yourself this,
can a flower grow without rain?(not to mention those tears that come out of incontrollable laughter
or movements of the heart),
for flatulence and cold icecream on five tongues,
for screaming and sharing,
and for roses and too many random moments
that i would draw but my sharpie's dead.

but mostly this "real stuff" can't be reduced to five senses,
"the best and most beautiful things in life can't be
seen or even heard, they must be felt with the heart"
helen keller says it best
because love is not something you can see
and neither is sisterhood.

if you really think about it,
i'm not merely talking about a hand, or even five points on a star,
i'm talking about how five petals have grown around a Center
and how its a pretty gorgeous flower.

on the number five plus One
on six.