Present With All

-------Present With All-------

Do not mistake solitude

as a running away

from this world.

It is 

here

Where one 

is present 

with all

And every

thing.

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Mother Tongue

-------Mother Tongue-------

Born

of a

place,

Its voice

moves through

the child.

And they speak

with

words

Like the hills

and rivers

of home.

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Between the Branches

-------Between the Branches-------

As long as there is forest

there will be 

trees to climb,

And new worlds 

between the branches

to imagine.

We are 

the protectors

of this earth.

Let us not

forget 

to play.

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Bird Wings

-------Bird Wings-------

The nest 

we rise 

from

is made

Of birch 

twigs and 

leaves,

Fallen 

and dried

and woven 

together

In a pattern

which holds

new life.

Do not deny grief

the chance

to meet 

with joy

And lift you

like bird 

wings,

Counter-

balanced,

into 

the air.

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Mysterious Wind

-------Mysterious Wind-------

You put up walls 

like you own 

this 

land,

But, 

silly man,

before your mind

made border lines

There was movement,

and souls

patterned 

to the stars.

Sorrow leads some of us 

into darkness

and others 

of us into light.

Listen to the cries

of Mother Earth

through 

the children,

For she is 

trying 

in every way 

to remind

That you too 

have come 

from a little 

seed,

Carried 

here

on some

mysterious wind.

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Right Where You Belong

-------Right Where You Belong-------

What one 

may call 

a weed

Another knows

as 

medicine.

Listen

and let 

yourself be heard,

For the Sower

has cast many seeds

across this earth

And every

one

has taken root

Right where

they

belong.

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In a Breath

-------In a Breath-------

A cottonwood cotton carries 

on the rose-sweet breath

of all our breathing

together.

Every leaf 

and 

us.

Light into life,

Earth

and 

atmosphere.

Exchanging.

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