In the Dappled Light of Elders

 -------In the Dappled Light of Elders-------

 

We grow 

with those 

we fall from

 

By blood

or other 

means

 

Like seeds 

who root

and gather light

 

Beneath

the elder 

leaves.

 

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Fecundity haiku

 -------Fecundity haiku-------

In middle summer

Even 

the quiet moments

Are filled with music.

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Metaphysical

 -------Metaphysical-------

In springtime

I am reminded

 

Of the fruits

that fell last autumn

 

How winter held the seeds

and now

 

With summer 

flowers open.

 

Each of us

are like this

 

Seasons

ever-changing

 

Everywhere

and all at once

 

Present,

past and future.

 

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Thankfull

 -------Thankfull-------

 

There are many 

ways

to say thank you

 

For this existence,

in this 

moment

 

I bend 

and breath

while planting seeds

 

And with 

my hands

dig gardens

 

That soon 

will bear

more gifts to share;

 

From light

grows light

abundant.

 

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The Tradition

 

-------The Tradition-------

 

Responsibility 

transcends the distance

 

Between place 

and generation

 

Here and now

carried on

 

By those 

of long tradition

 

We are of this earth

no matter what

 

No matter who

or where we come from

 

To care for land

is duty, is grace

 

To give

is our great reception.

 

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Manifesting the Vision

 -------Manifesting the Vision-------

 

Caged

but unbound

 

Prisoners

by

political means

 

Exercise a knowing

 

That bends the lines

and breaks the chains

 

Of this modern

day

plantation.

 

Spirit is an edgeless thing

 

And a Revolutionary's

cannot be captured

 

For their vision seed

has here

been planted

 

And We will tend its growing.

 

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Differentiation

 -------Differentiation-------

Every piece

makes up the whole

 

All sizes

and shapes

when come together

 

Cared for

and acknowledged

 

Will fill

each others

unfilled spaces

 

Holding steadfast

through the storm.

 

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