Brown matted weaving of vines
Wrapping around green majestic holly bush
Woven together – one species onto the other
Like lovers with a thousand interlocking limbs
This finger touching soft surface of skin
This leaf caressing smooth bark
Connected to the some soil
Empowered by the same sunlight
Each affecting the other in ways unseen
In this timeless dance of life, death and ceaseless change
Wind upon wind
Hand within hand
Constant revolving
Flesh of the land
Wind dancing on the surface of green summer grass
Blades trembling with anticipation
Moving in counterpoint rhythms intertwined
Solid earth wrapped around roots
Pumping veins full of life’s rich nectar
Growing deeper and deeper below the surface
Life existing in the frail balance between two worlds
– Chorus –
Walking slowly on the sand
Feeling warm impact of the sun’s light under surface of bare feet
Waves splash a greeting of stinging coolness
A regathering at the water’s edge
This sacred meeting place of earth and sky and sea
– Chorus –
by Robert Heirendt, 1/21/03, Grass Valley,
inspired in part by “Sins of the Spirit, Blessings of the Flesh” by Matthew Fox