-------The Profiteers-------
It is easy
to blame the sawyer
For the felling of the trees
And overlook
the system
That drives us to our knees
Beneath the weight
of wages
To pay for heat or freeze
While rich men buy
the government
With dollars from those trees.
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-------Seeds in a Bottle-------
Seeds
in a bottle
Sowed,
in a way,
to the sea
Will find their way
to feed the land
And those
who feed
us all
With hope, and fight
and dreams of better,
More beautiful
days
to come.
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-------Beyond the Lines-------
Middle august
beginning autumn
The seasons
themselves
don't seem to mind
What month it is
or day
They come and go
forever changing,
honest like a friend
Consistent
and present
Telling
a time
beyond the lines
Through green
and golden leaves.
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-------Wendell’s Light-------
I have learned
to pray,
to thank Creator
each day
for my existence
Not with words,
per say, but through
a labor
of Love
and care.
"Work done
in gratitude,
kindly,
and well,
is prayer."
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-------Sister Vine-------
Beneath
green leaves
there are blossoms
And inside each
a fruit
with seeds
Everyone
itself
beholding
A garden
green
with leaves.
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-------Beware Hierarchy-------
Wherever
there is abundance
Where flowers
flower
freely
Seeds
that pledged
equality
were planted in the earth.
Beware
the broken hearted
Who put
their hurt
on others
Unlike a tree
who through its roots
reaches
for those in need.
We
are not alone
Everything is
already
here
In the quiet
of
the forest
I hear it.
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-------BDS-------
