Imbolc

 

-------Imbolc-------

 

The moon returned

for a moment 

tonight

 

I could see

from around my shadow

 

The clouds disperse

and the light

come through

 

Like spring 

beneath the snow.

 

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Edge of the Quiet

 

-------Edge of the Quiet-------

 

It is the shy 

edge

of the quiet season

 

Where the possibility

of song is held

 

Still

yet

within its shell.

 

I can hear it there

beneath the snow,

 

In the tree buds

not yet

budding

 

The river that runs

through all of us

 

Toward 

the ocean

and the coming spring.

 

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Maybe

 

-------Maybe-------

 

Enough is enough

of the nonchalant

abuse

of land and water

 

As if

the sacredness of life

pertained 

to only human.

 

How was it that we 

have come to this

unwell way 

of thinking

 

That has put up walls

and drives its flag

into 

the heart of nature?

 

Our heart.

The heart that bleeds

and beats 

within each other.

 

We were not made 

to pledge ourselves 

to a single 

god or nation

 

But maybe

rather

to love this world

and the breadth of all creation.

 

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Darkness Beyond

 

-------Darkness Beyond-------

 

Above this city's light

in the comfort 

of darkness beyond

 

What I see

and what 

I have been taught

 

Is a stars light

I know 

to follow

 

Through unknown 

streets

toward home.

 

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Unity

 

-------Unity-------

 

Solidarity with

is an understanding 

in

 

To the oneness 

of all 

creation.

 

You

are I,

we are this Earth.

 

There can be no justice

in a world

afraid to Love,

 

No freedom

unless everyone

is free.

 

There is 

no place

for charity

 

In this family

we all 

depend

 

Upon 

the unity

and the wellbeing

 

Of each other

and 

the land.

 

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