Still Water

-------Still Water-------

If busyness should come

and throw a stone

into your still water,

Breathe

and follow just one 

of those tiny waves

Growing 

wider

from the center.

Please, dear heart,

please do not let

too much

Ever take you

from being

present.

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Meanders

-------Meanders-------

Too much time

between the lines

had learned me out

from loving.

The road became a straight road,

with wrong

and right

direction,

And the cautions 

of a false protector

warning me

not to stray.

But like a river

to the sea, the

I in I

meanders,

Conveying the memory of being

always

and all together

free.

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Mother Land

-------Mother Land-------

In the light of sweet summer

I bend

and plant 

a seed;

A wildseed,

reminding me

not 

to be afraid.

As long 

as there 

are gardens

the children will be fed

And the union held

that holds

us each 

together

And to

our

mother

land.

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Never Hold Back

-------Never Hold Back-------

Breathe,

sweet leaf.

When walls get built around you

unfold

and find the light

within.

For that which seeks

to smother us

Can never

ever

hold back

Spring.

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In Each Be Found

-------In Each Be Found-------

The walls between us

we have not built,

but they came 

by conquest

and survive through guilt.

So without distraction,

from common ground,

may we climb together

and in each 

be found.

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Collective Liberation

-------Collective Liberation-------

Duality constructed power,

and power

the prison 

of whiteness.

Before these walls 

were built,

the wind moved freely 

between our branches,

And we sang, 

and blossomed 

and died together

into earth.

But a promise 

was made

and division 

then instilled,

Lives

measured

and forests 

cut down by silence.

May those who have 

been gifted 

realize too 

what has been lost.

For without light 

a seed 

will never 

grow.

Know truth 

to be this light.

And the seed to be 

everyone's 

liberation.

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Remember the Garden

-------Remember the Garden-------

Blessings 

to the Lovers

who touch this Earth.

The gentle reminders

that we do belong 

and to not be fooled

By the tricks and convenience

which only seek

to divide us.

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