and she opened her arms
upon a cosmic wave she released the beats of an undying heart
the ancients answered, flooding the seas with souls
life eternal from the chalice we sipped
soaking upon her soil, where blooms fused with newborn breaths
to the call of the wild we danced, we wed
as the cedars praised and anointed us with eyes to see, to be
to rise, to fall
to sing, to cry
to laugh, to love
to whisper, to scream
to learn, to teach
to share, to know
as she all the while sat in wait for us to return to her gates
feeding unto her the gifts we learned to share unto thee, an allegiance of her love an undying rite
knowing passage comes not to all that shan’t sit beneath the shade hearing the trees
yet still giving, in hopes one day we’d all see
before the bell tolled.
Featured image by Brian Kirhagis
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