Sway II

 

-------Sway II-------

 

There is stillness 

within

the excitements of spring

 

To the humble

and the wild hearted

 

Who have tuned 

themselves

to the rhythms of nature,

 

Who sway like Cedar 

and do not break

 

When the winds 

of change 

return.

 

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Middle Spring

 

-------Middle Spring-------

 

On this day

of middle Spring

 

I celebrate the promise

and the possibilities

we hold within

 

As the world I've known

breaks open,

 

Remembering

that change

can be

 

An opportunity

to grow.

 

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Swallow

 

-------Swallow-------

 

It is easy to blame

 

Easier yet 

to fall behind

 

That stagnant kind of hope

 

The kind that wishes,

complicitly still

 

Just waiting for things to change.

 

The swallows nest 

does not build itself

 

But the swallow

 

Who with grass

and hallowed mud

 

Makes believe their home

 

Form taken 

through imagination

 

The world of which we dream.

 

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Sugar Season

 

-------Sugar Season-------

 

Springbirds sing

among the snow drifts

 

In the face

of wind 

and cold

 

As if to encourage

our tree buds open

 

And the joy 

inside

to rise.

 

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Open

 

-------Open-------

 

Through colds return

 

I can hear 

the spring

 

Quiet 

yet 

 

Still unfolding

 

Like the steady 

reminder

 

Through conflict 

and ease

 

Of Loves commitment

 

To encourage 

the seed,

 

We are carrying

together,

 

Open.

 

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