Sunday, March 1, 2020

The Quick and the Dead

With winter winding away

With the last of the beech leaves
still clinging to their trees
like hopeful ghosts

With a few golden sunsets
still reaching the forest floor
as a gentle reminder

May we rejoice in the 
Before Spring
time

Let us celebrate the 
Not Yet Born
and the 
Already Past
with equal joy
and a sacred determination
to honor the
quick and the dead
who walk these paths with us
ahead and behind and beside

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