[Oe List ...] Birthday Witness

[Nancy Trask]

Thank you, Ellie, for your wonderful birthday witness.  I was in a recent
discussion about the power of poetry, and this illustrates it well.
With peace & love,
Nancy

On Tue, Dec 27, 2022 at 9:37 PM Ellie Stock via OE <oe at lists.wedgeblade.net>
wrote:

> Hi Folks,
>
> In the midst of being impacted by all that is going on now globally,
> nationally, ecologically, politically, economically, culturally, and
> personally, I hope you also being sustained and nurtured by the deep wells
> of wellness and wholeness during this Christmas season.
>
> Below is a birthday witness, not a song, despite the title, provoked by
> the end-of-life sessions faciliated by Dick Alton and similar sessions
> during our church Sunday Forums.
>
> Grace and peace as we enter the new possibilities of 2023.
>
> Ellie Stock
> elliestock at aol.com
>
> ~~~~~~~
>
> A BIRTHDAY WITNESS:
>
>
> *ONE LAST SONG*
>
>             One last song as light recedes to light
>             One last song still falling in love with Life
>             One last song in gratitude for birth
>             One last song in gratitude for Earth
>                         for Creation’s mirth and expanding girth
> One last song for Spirit’s rising Cry
>                         for heart’s ecstasy and ebbing sigh
>
> So, THANKS BE for Awe-filled misting mountain sunrise skies
> For big tree forests and butterflies
> For sandy sea shorelines scattered with shells,
>             sparkling and gurgling in surging tide’s swells
> For kittens and birdsong and tiny green tree froggies
>             piercing my being with wide red-eyed gogglies
> For brilliant fall leaves and snow-blanketed cities
> For wind and rain and weather proclivities
> For morning walks, sensing Nature’s delights
> For evening ponderings of things out of sight
> For awakening aroma of blossoming orange grove and peonies
> For yummy ice cream and healing fresh fruits and veggies
> For dark night desert skies and bold winking stars
> For crescent moon and Venus kissing from afar
> So . . .
>
>             Ref
>
> So, THANKS BE for homes and hearths and hearts of hope and humor and
> welcoming the                  guest
> For close family bonds and covenant love, passionate embraces and babes at
> breast
> For beloved friends, colleagues, and the communion of saints who gave more
> than their best
>             living their care and dying their dare, ashes to ashes, dust
> to dust
> For smiles and laughter, celebrations and commemorations giving life zest
> For humbling struggles and empowering quest
> For meetings and movement marches embodying a vision
> of resilient, Earth-integrity communities of diversity, justice, and
> communion
> For the arts that enliven and encourage the soul
> For wisdom that enlightens and transforms our goals
> For silence and stillness that melts us into deeper and broader dimensions
> of self and love
> For pilgrimages that honor countries and cultures with renewing compassion
> For Beings of the Way that live with passion—that sing and dance and
> partner in solidarity
>  with Those Who Care, with those who are suffering
> For the unconditional Word about Life that frees us to Know, Do and Be
> courageously:
>             Life is Good; I am Beloved; the Past is Forgiven; and the
> Future is Possibility
> For the Atomic and Cosmic Song and Dance, Grace from particularity to
> eternity
> For the wonder of Earth, our Common Home, our Common Origin and Destiny
> For the joy and grief of Life’s journey’s Calling from 13.8 billion years
> ago
> Through rise and collapse to the seventh generation, may it be so… in
>              Hope beyond hoping
>              Peace passing understanding
>              Joy and thanksgiving unceasing and
>              Love unconditioning
> So . . .
>
>             Ref
>                                                             ejhs
>                                                             10/22/2022
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