Mountain Wisdom

Spirit of the mountain,
Holding strength impartial
Roots planted deeply,
A part of the earth mother
Heights piercing the air,
Mount into sky above
Clouds dance from peak to peak,
Spiraling and spin
Hear my voice, my majestic friend
I’ve come to listen once again
When I’m blessed to walk,
Under your towering trees
To tread the paths,
In your sheltering shadow
When I feel troubled,
I know you to [...]

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The Blessing

I urge witness my brother
Consider the beauty unfold
Momentous imposing landscapes
Teeming life abound
Magic surrounds us
Ever shifting growth and decay
Profusion and diversity
More than stars mark the sky
Whirlwind of miracles
Abundance set for all
This world full of treasures
So effortlessly found
It takes but a moment
An effort so small
Reach out my brothers
Embrace these gifts all
I beg journey with me
As I wonder [...]

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Visions

Drifting high on the swirling currents, I felt the chest muscles rippling as sweeping wings carried me aloft. Blood pumping through massive arteries bore oxygen gleaned from the rarefied air by powerful lungs. A furnace…an engine of infinite power and complexity, a man, a mount,
and strangely something much more than all, the great [...]

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Season

The wind whispering through the threadbare trees
The blossoms all fallen, the leaves long gone
No bird sound to fill the air, all now far to the south
A boundless desolate landscape, barren and awash
The bright days of yesterday, now dimmed and demure
Stark and almost silent, hard edged and cool
Faint echoes of the past bringing pain to my [...]

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Mountain Wisdom

Spirit of the mountain,
Holding strength impartial
Roots planted deeply,
A part of the earth mother
Heights piercing the air,
Mount into sky above
Clouds dance from peak to peak,
Spiraling and spin
Hear my voice, my majestic friend
I’ve come to listen once again
When I’m blessed to walk,
Under your towering trees
To tread the paths,
In your sheltering shadow
When I feel troubled,
I know you to [...]

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Morning

Rising sun spreading warmth across the morning plain
Night shadows fleeing quickly across the valley floor
Lone desert flower shivering in the cool early air
This, the dawn of another spirit-blessed day
A mystical morning, pregnant with fragrant scents
Long gone druid rituals held in the towering stones
Drifting memories of bonfires and dance
Bear witness to long lost ceremonies and prayer
Early [...]

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On the Edge

I try to laugh, struggle for the meaning
Beloved trees taunt me dropping their leaves
Their time done, the turn, circle complete
Lost, I sit quietly, bleeding in pain
Death comes so easily for them
With envy I sit watching each fall
My autumn in the past, yet I remain
Their leaves never to stay, never to feel this empty
I sit and [...]

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I Sang

I sang to the east…
In my voice was the hope that clings to every heartbeat
I sang to the west
In my words were the powers I inherited from my forefathers
I sang to the north
In my cupped hands lay a spruce seed-the link to creation
I sang to the south
My eyes sparkled all the love I have within
Putting [...]

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Grandfather Sky

I look out upon this your world
Waiting to walk in the gentle rain
This your gift to a sorrow filled grandchild
Rain and raven tears mixed with loving care
Made to fall once more on the Earth Mother
Washing away your daughter’s pain and troubles
The world aglow again with your loving touch
Thank you grandfather…
Steve ‘Easy’ Whitacre July 5th, [...]

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Spirit of Yesterday

I’ve walked the lands of the ancient ones ..
Long since gone Generations…
I can still feel their laughter ..their pain
I can still hear their songs…..
Hear their drums beating against a darken sky…..
I can still see them dancing…
I can still see horses painted up for war
Still see Mothers and Wives with Tears in their eyes
But Pride in [...]

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