Breathe

-------Breathe-------

The void

within

that betrayal leaves

Need not become

a hiding place

for sorrow.

If we long for light

we must learn to move

through darkness.

To breathe through it.

And to trust

this breath,

As we trust that 

Mother Earth

will continue spinning,

Lifting dawn

from out

the night.

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The Absence

-------The Absence-------

If it is loneliness 

you suffer from,

befriend the absence

that scares you.

Come into night.

Into the quiet 

and still 

within,

Knowing that 

you,

like the hollow center of a drum,

convey a song

That this world

is longing

to 

hear.

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Youth

-------Youth-------

Do not distrust the longing 

you have beholden

from the night.

Your truth, Young Blood,

is the light 

that turns the seeds,

Lifting Spring

from the

frozen earth.

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As the Earth Turns

-------As the Earth Turns-------

A seed 

does not make plans 

for Spring,

But unfolds 

her quiet body 

with the light.

She turns,

as the Earth

turns.

Like the best

of us,

if we listen.

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Whole by Darkness

-------Whole by Darkness-------

We are made whole 

by darkness;

through the depth 

and brevity

of night.

For moments at a time

the world 

lets us 

go,

To wander,

to dream

and become 

the stars 

again.

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The Pull Between Us

-------The Pull Between Us-------

If the fields before you seem barren, 

forgive them

and look deeper into the eyes

of their barrenness.

See there, 

how the pull 

between Earth 

and the heavens

Has left its pattern in the snow;

the circles

and soft, 

uneven lines,

That lead, 

like footsteps,

back 

to the beautiful forest 

Inside 

you.

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These Days

-------These Days-------

These days

Of quiet 

and the wind

of fireside and darkness

Between 

the winter layers

I can hear the World turning

and see everywhere

inside 

everyone

The little seed 

beginning to unfold

Like a child

of the great forest

becoming

Lifting its wings to the light.

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