This is the Way
an Autumn poem for you
Today is my birthday and the first day of Autumn, so I wrote us a poem. Hope you enjoy.
This is the way of birth—
an emerging,
sometimes a ripping open,
an endurance that leads us out and on.
This is the way of arrival—
the face to the mirror,
acknowledging skin and blood and life,
a welcome to the body of the world.
This is the way of growth—
what was then may not be now,
the boundaries create love
and we welcome ourselves home—to ourselves.
This is the way of liminality—
the thisness even in the pain,
the ripping and the mending,
the treasure of living kinship.
This is the way of Being Human.
Sending you all love & Autumn vibes today!
Onward, together, into the harvest.
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Onward, friends, together.
Happy Birthday Kaitlin! In honor of your special day, I made a donation to Native Women's Wilderness. It's a beautiful women-led organization, that "was created to bring Native women together to share our stories, support each other, and learn from one another as we endeavor to explore and celebrate the wilderness and our native lands." I thought that was something you would stand behind. Sending lots of love from CT. -
Beloved Kaitlin, "May the deep peace of Christ be with you, the strong arms of God sustain you, and the power of the Holy Spirit strengthen you in every way."
Happy Birthday!