Abundance

-------Abundance-------

I abound you

with harvests

from these branches

For you have,

my love,

Been the light

that encouraged them

to grow.

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The Space Between

-------The Space Between-------

Like the space

between notes

brings form

to music

It is from absence

that we 

can learn

what makes us whole.

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Tourmaline

-------Tourmaline-------

Like the salt

called

from tourmaline waters

We are 

the children

of our mother.

The prayer

that brought us

into this world

Will

forever 

be remembered

As we forgive

into 

the rhythm

Of moonlight

and

the Sea.

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Colors Are Changing

-------Colors Are Changing-------

My body is held

and my mind 

let free

By the change

that Autumn

conveys.

Life 

is far 

too precious

To cling 

to the safety 

of routine.

For the colors are turning

And I 

am a leaf

On this

hillside

unfolding.

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Reflections in Autumn

-------Reflections in Autumn-------

It is magic

How

When you allow

the light 

inside 

to shine

The entire 

forest

turns 

gold.

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A Thousand Acorns

-------A Thousand Acorns-------

Walking 

bare-footed

I can hear the stories

of this land

Untangled

with each step

from the 

forgotten

And alongside

a thousand

acorns

falling

My body

forgives

to

Autumn.

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Every Leaf

-------Every Leaf-------

In Autumn's sweet

and slow 

unfolding

The hills 

turn

from green to gold

And I, 

their child,

reflect this prayer

That every leaf

has a gift

to share.

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Allow the Change

-------Allow the Change-------

Today

the river reminded me,

"Why continue

to resist

When you could

more easily

Allow the change

to shape you?"

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To the Leaves

-------To the Leaves-------

Joy 

rises

from my heart

Like Autumn

to the

leaves

As I forgive

the fear 

of changing

And re-member 

the gold

within.

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Missing

-------Missing-------

Missing 

is special kind 

of hurt.

An absence

that encourages 

my heart to remember

Just how close

I have been

to the stars.

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A Prayer

-------A Prayer-------

I walk

bare

foot

Because

I believe a

prayer

Need

not

look

Any one

specific

way.

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In a Name

-------In a Name-------

Digger

is a name

I was called as

a child

As

if

they already

knew

That someday

I would re-member,

with my hands

or with a spade,

The truths

my ancestors

have planted

inside me.

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Echoes

-------Echoes-------

Tears transform

my sadness

into

golden light

Slowly

Like Autumn becoming

from the echoes

of a summer

rain.

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Rest

-------Rest-------

Do not mistake 

stillness

for being lazy.

For in a world

that is working 

its people to death,

Rest, 

Dear Heart,

defies the exploitation

And restores us

on our path

to get free.

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With the Earth

-------With the Earth-------

It is with the Earth 

that I come 

back home.

Re-membered into a child,

into water, 

sunshine and soil.

The things that form us

we return to 

through time,

In a beautiful circle,

like Autumn

unfolding in the hills.

My leaves 

now 

are changing 

From green 

into gold,

soon to fall

And become again 

the ground

where a new seed will grow.

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