I am
Waking up
Cozy and warm I sit
In my small cottage candle lit
A distant voice in my head calling
Waves gently break as to the seashore reach
The ocean undulating, almost silent, rising and falling
Then crashing as it nears the beach
A bird sings from the top of a frangipani
Yellow and white flowers fragrance the air
Then she flies swiftly just before me
Landing gracefully on my chair
Only a moment, singing sweetly
Filling me up as if in prayer
The winds shift
Blowing from the sea
A hidden veil seems to lift
Between the mountain and me
Forces beyond my sight are acting
In ways that I have not seen
And now enter my quiet space
And all that is in between
I have built walls and doors
That close to keep me warm inside
Yet from my knowledge of what’s beyond
I cannot seem to hide
Violent storms outside the norms
Are raging as I write
Diversity and harmony
Are being lost from sight
All around our sacred Earth
The human plague and blight
Is growing exponentially
Ignoring Nature’s plight
How have we forgotten
That connected we all are
All systems interwoven
All that’s near and far
That we have been delivered
A sacred trust to care
For Earth and all her creatures
We must become aware
Nature is imploding
And from her we all live
Human greed’s exploding
Ignoring take and give
We are at a turning point
Of how we will survive
On a planet out of joint
Very few will thrive
Will we be among them?
Not if we remain
Locked in selfish blindness
Only misery we’ll gain
Step back a moment and reflect
On what’s important, do not neglect
Your inner knowing that lights your fire
And awakens your passions far beyond desire
Within your heart to all life on planet Earth connect