Beware Hierarchy

 -------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

 -------BDS-------

A wisdom

has been shared with me

What I pay attention to 

will come to be

Like sunshine and water

for a growing tree

I give my hands, 

my time, my dream

To tend the world

where all are free.

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Love not Fear

 -------Love not Fear------- 

There are noises 

behind the noise,

the fascist chatter and anthems.

It is summer now

with birdsong mornings

and squirrels 

chasing

through the trees.

 

It is wonderful.

 

Rulers need us

to forget each other,

to fear the World

not listen

and heed the call

of wonder

and music

uprising through the weeds.

 

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Reforest

 -------Reforest-------

For all 

of those 

who lived

 

So we 

could be here now

 

Let us unite

 

In the ancestors 

light

 

And spread 

our leaves

wide open.

 

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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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