by Sophie Aghajanian - R.U.A. Still Life
SOIL FOR LEGS
-by Nanao Sakaki
Soil for legs
Ax for hands
Flower for eyes
Bird for ears
Mushroom for nose
Smile for mouth
Songs for lungs
Sweat for skin
Wind for mind
Just enough.
one night past full the moon rises
over the trees to my east a lot of pine
some oaks four sycamores standing
in a row like soldiers on guard duty
in walking meditation I move slowly
through the trees and out into the open
step by step breath by breath
moonlight on my face and finally
looking up in my eyes
the corn moon september.
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courage
not being afraid to be who you are
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dawn I've been waiting
for you for one thousand years
not a wink of sleep
for you for one thousand years
not a wink of sleep
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return to those fields where you were planted
return to the ground where you once grew
From seed you sprang and to seed you return
the fields where you were sown
the fields, where you were reaped
life is gleaned
from the treasures of the earth
seed water sun
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No life is free of sorrow, so this: may sorrow not turn me to darkness. May I face my sorrow with the light still about me.
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by james lee jobe
by Dariusz Klimczak
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