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Today I was born in the light of the morning sun
And since then I’ve been possessed by a seedling named Sol
The heat became a comfort, as I sensed myself out of unconsciousness
That distant fire a reminder of the life debt we owe.

The thousand faced one watches while we scurry to and fro
Forgetting the magic of the moment, wander lost, ignoring the things we used to know.

This soul/soil is sacred, who said we?

Old toad once told a parable about the powers of the dark,
“to presume such a great notion dampens the spirits of thought” Small Gods!
“As the tides and rivers flow, our elastic energy follows
or as shellfish in the bay we never long stay.”
“As currents carry us away!”
“The world presents itself in light and shadow
creating precepts we know to take us closer to understanding the unknown
As the sun and moon helplessly are sacrificed to the night sky
We must accept our fated deaths, and fade away like sunsets
As moonlight burns away all that is left!

Not too long ago a dragonfly came by with a story of
How she was evicted from her home amongst the catnip and the reeds
A desperate plea in the form of a solemn soliloquy

She’d given up on everything even her own mind
And sought a particular sort of light that was keeping her alive,
but as best I tried to help I couldn’t possibly quell her fears
for resolution only resounds when you listen to Forgiveness.

Sensing present danger I carefully continued on
“Sometimes these things take hold making it hard to feel the heart
but it’s light and dark together you see, that makes all things visible
generating the dynamic forms for introspection.
(Never heard or seen before)
But you’ve seen it all before!

You know its your own imagining and can become your own shaman

Sensing the play between two worlds you can awaken animism.
Where there is space for shade and fire
As you falter back and forth across that threshold
Sometimes you can only forgive and let go,
Carried away by the solar winds.
As dawn and dusk show us all there is will be and cease into eternity.
Becoming once again fire, water, earth spirit and air. Mountain, thunder, lake and heaven.

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