Red Dawns

Tears are the first
medicine

I am ready
I can
I must

From the voice
Of a child
Calling into the circle
Kindness, respect and gratitude

It is not enough
To tolerate
To justify
To take a pass

             To be in this world

Red dawns
Foretell
The weather
              is unstable
There is a shift
To pay attention to
To step into

From hole to wholeness
is to move
through
our radical mending
and

reconciliation
in
community.
We are not
alone
when we do
the work.

As people,
we need people
At the level of
the belly button
or maybe the heart
At least beyond the mind
              of identity

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Mending is
not
a moment
It is a path

Whether you go to the source
of the river
or where
it empties
Go with purpose
Go with commitment
Go with action action

Work equals
Mass times acceleration