Since we all experience the Solstice
no matter where we sit on this
skin of our "Grandmother"
who nurtures every need.
Since we all experience the Solstice
whether darkest or light
we remember all of the animals
we remember all of the plants
we remember the stones
we remember the water
we remember the fire
we remember the air
we remember to have the
courage to be responsible
to all of the web of life.
Since we all experience the Solstice
whether darkest or light
we share our most unique moments
we share our food
we share our work
we share our thoughts
we share our feelings
we share our knowing
we share the electricity
of our breath.
Since we all experience the solstice
whether darkest or light
we know that each learns
we know that each thinks
we know that each expresses
we know that each loves
we know that each cleans
we know that each gives
we know that each is healed
Since we all experience the solstice
whether darkest or light
we remember the =93bringer of light=94
we remember the little spider
we remember how she caught
the light in her web.
we remember how the web
surrounded the fire
but gave the safety of distance
we remember how it was the smallest
the least "significant"
that brought the warmth and light
we remember how the light was nurtured
by thought and respect
we remember how the light becomes
the sun close enough to feed
yet distant enough not to destroy.
In this web the heat of our thoughts
can begin something that will create
a new world renewed by this
inter - net.
The old world destroyed by triviality
and the insatiability of material desire
can feed our renewal if we respect it
and then place it
as the dead fish
feeds the corn
In one solstice the world is full, warm, summer
In one solstice the world is empty, cold, winter
Remember the fullness at this
time of emptiness
and feel courage
Remember the emptiness in this
time of fullness
and feel humility
That we may both know
and finish our roads
together.
Ray Evans Harrell 12/20/1996
mcore@soho.ios.com
--ray evans harrell <mcore@soho.ios.com>
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