Return

  

-------Return-------

 

Holding you

holding 

me

 

One

we long

to be

 

Beyond ourselves

into 

the Sea

 

Where I am you

and you

are me

 

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Reparation

  

-------Reparation-------

 

By any means

necessary

the land will overcome

 

Any obstacle presented

and the source

presented from

 

As fire breaths 

its life breath

through a forest left alone

 

In the name of conservation

abandoned, 

overgrown

 

And like it is with healing

one's body, mind

and soul

 

Repair 

is reconnecting

the pieces to the whole.

 

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Gift

  

-------Gift-------

 

Years from now

I hope to be 

a tree 

who has gathered seasons

of light and given 

just as much

comfort to those around me

 

---

 

May these roots 

feed the earth

my branches carry fire

please take this trunk 

and build your home

and catch my leaves with children

 

---

 

Know that I 

am forever yours

and We 

are the gift

I've lived for

 

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Forest Green

  

-------Forest Green-------

 

Cedar trees 

straight 

and tall

 

Sway in

and slow the wind

 

Through forests

as green as ferns 

unfurling

 

As moss

and as salal

 

For here 

the songs

are sung in color

 

With words 

that sound like spring

 

That call

to me

in a deepest way

 

To forgive, to bend,

to sway.

 

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Flowers

  

-------Flowers-------

 

Birdsong

is the quiet forest

 

Vibrating

still

like starlight

 

On the equinox

- middle spring -

 

When silence

begins 

to flower.

 

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Toward the Ocean

 

-------Toward the Ocean-------

Come towards 

it now

This age 

old prayer 

of longing

That echoes 

with our souls unbound

From half-life 

kind 

of living

We are the earth

this prayer, this river

Re-membering 

our way

as one

Back 

into the sea.

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Come Darkness

 

-------Come Darkness-------

Dusk 

says 

with golden light

goodnight 

on the tops 

of the trees

While up their trunks 

the shadow grows

of our mother 

earth 

revolving 

spinning 

Until 

the tips 

are reached

and with a kiss 

comes 

darkness

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