Heaven on Earth

-------Heaven on Earth-------

When I can love you with the grace that bird-wings share upon the wind

I will know what it's like to fly.

For now, I can only gather feathers and search the streams for bones

to remember how.

Everyday

I gather less and I put back more.

And when I am left with nothing

I will be right where I began -

Free to fly

and 

completely in love.

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Letting Go Will Let Things Grow

-------Letting Go Will Let Things Grow-------

Natural Farming 

 is an ode to the integrity 

of the human being.

Its success is measured 

 not by the output of the farmer but 

through the purification of their intellect.

The only knowledge necessary then

 for a good life 

is the comprehension of necessity - 

as all else fuels our passions 

 like tinder to a fire 

we are warm enough without.

Integrity is the truth of character,

 an heirloom of righteousness planted among the simple, daily tasks of an honest living,

and the muse of our very nature 

       guiding us back toward the fields.

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Good Night, My Love

-------Good Night, My Love-------

Tonight,

I should let

the Moon

do all

the

talking...

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Easy Goes the Way

-------Easy Goes the Way-------

Shadows take what the light has left

   water rolls easy round a stone

without a plan and for no reason at all

   presence shatters the beast

and we are left dancing on the pieces

   ahead of any thought

in the moment just before everything

we could ever need...

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In the Absence of Shadows

-------In the Absence of Shadows-------

I don't see God,

but I can hear the children playing,

and always, somewhere, on this darkened earth

the sun is rising.

I have nothing of my own

except for everything that I share with you.

It is in this absence 

that I pray.

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The Peasants of Industry

-------The Peasants of Industry-------

The entirety of human perfection 

can be realized 

on One 

Small 

Farm.

In few other places 

is the wealth of simple living so wholly defined, and 

Nature so honored, 

everyday.

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