Listen Here

Mar 23

tiny corona virus

bringing us
to our knees;

forcing
our ears,
our eyes,
our hearts,
our bodies;

closer to
the ground,

closer to
the great mother,
earth;

whom
we have ravaged
with drunken abandon…

closer to humility

closer to grief

closer to loss

closer to fear

closer to quiet

closer to slow

closer to our smallness

closer to our power

closer to accountability

closer to responsibility

closer to fragility

closer to strength

closer to generosity

closer to kindness

closer to compassion

closer to healing

closer to our roots

closer to our loved ones

closer to our humanity

closer to our interconnectedness

closer to the magnificence of the human heart

closer to our collective, indigenous equanimity
that rises like a phoenix from the ashes

closer to
gaia’s
wise
eternal
quiet voice
that whispers

“be still. listen here."

Into the Quiet