For Real

She asked if it was real
sights and feelings she has
pretending to be there
no less a feeling to last

see, I think I know of what
she speaks bout what is real
a simple thought touches deeply
stirring to levels of high appeal

can you say no to a thought
once it has already arrived
and raised its head to daylight
no less a feeling contrived

a wrestle between the spirit
and the body's need to be
satiated to full completion
is no more than normalcy

yet, we seem often stuck
within a lasting battle front
determining where we are
within life's reality hunt

of the ways we flutter
betwix what is and is not
the dangling ungodly question
remains for feelings we've got

denying the reality of touch
is no less a traumatic deal
as if your physical being
existed yet not being for real

too many limitations
hem us behind a fence
stark realities stab at us
with not much of a defense

as we quibble with society's
glaring tales of standard lies
continous struggles with reality
grows daily before our eyes

I decided to break the shackles
the world puts on my heart
and know the "Reality" my soul
has known from the very start

Del Cano 2004 December