Honoring Mothers -
Today, I am going to attempt the Cascade Trail with Karena, to honor
her mother and my own. Her mother died last Monday, January 23rd. Mine
died February 18th, 2005. I want to honor the time of my mother's
passing, beginning now. My grieving process for her was interrupted
with these health problems of my own. I want to return to helping her
pass, even, though, I know she is delight in light at play.
This is my offering poem for my mother today.
her mother and my own. Her mother died last Monday, January 23rd. Mine
died February 18th, 2005. I want to honor the time of my mother's
passing, beginning now. My grieving process for her was interrupted
with these health problems of my own. I want to return to helping her
pass, even, though, I know she is delight in light at play.
This is my offering poem for my mother today.
Healing
I sit among the stones,
still and silent,
spacious as a field
of Arctic terns,
flying
pole to pole -
the sea in me is vast
the waves
forming and reforming,
opening and closing,
like the sail
upon the mast
I choose to image them, as my mother and father, letting me know they are here.
The imagination is ours to choose. I choose to feel my parents
close, tapping at my window, little Chickadees, in flight with ease!