This is a poem that I wrote about answers I have received when dreaming ways to connect my children to the land. How to see past the flashing lights and distractions to a deeper way of living and breathing upon the earth.
The Seed
I asked God for a seed
For my Children’s hungry mouths to feed
Toys and sweets wanting more more more
I have journeyed to the very core
To spiritually connect to the land
Action will be taken by my own hand
I’ve traversed the wild landscape of my psyche
Returned from a long and varied hike
With treasures only my heart will ever know
Through my art transmits its message to show
My children how to live a nourishing way
Is to walk side by side
On a journey guided from the inside
To feel passionately within and without
Greater awareness grows when we learn about
How to spiritually connect with our place
Of being and receive with grace
Messages alive in every moment
In the conversation with a neighbour
Or road sign saying slow down
You see before you get to town
Children pay attention, I do my best
To be an example with whom you can rest
Your heavy heads and take time for your heart
Listen to its secrets and take part
In this spiritual existence, its woven web
Is your birth right to live within its mysterious thread
My darlings this is how we heal the wounds
Between all people on Earth and their bond to this dirt
Beneath our feet connection to landscape
Bring your heart speak into your hands
Create from your authentic voice
Take action for love with every choice
Be a custodian of this place right here
Listen to old stories, old people who hold dear
Songlines both black history and white
The stories of our individual lives hold great might
Yarning within your local community
Ensures the weaving of humanity
Between brothers and sisters, animals and plants
The news you share, relationships you build
Are stronger than an institutional yield
of academic results or data collected
The TV shatters these threads uncollected
You want to feel real power
Sit in meditation on the beach for an hour
Listen to the waves crashing in
Draw this source energy within
Listen to your heart tell you where to begin
With love and devotion to our children and Earth mother
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