I lived most of my life thinking that my experience as a non-binary spirit worker was so unusual and shameful that I shouldn’t acknowledge it, not event to myself. In more recent times, I have had the opportunity to listen and hold space as I hear story after story from other people who are inContinue reading “The World and I talk about me.”
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Call My Name
You can see me in two rivers As they dance into each other Becoming one again My touch is found At your edges in a dream When you are slipping into water You can hear me in a flower Turning towards the morning sun To speak a voice outside of time My taste lives inContinue reading “Call My Name”
Sailing by the Stars
A calendar can be many things. It can tell me when to go to school, when to eat dinner, when to go to school, and a myriad of other mundane things. There is value in all of those things, but they are not the only things a calendar can do. A calendar can also beContinue reading “Sailing by the Stars”
What do you honor by your presence?
I live in a literate culture. Now, even more than ever, communication takes place through the 2-dimensional mediums of text and image. Video chat has taken the place of face-to-face meetings in many contexts, texting has replaced hours of phone calls and I have comment threads instead of conversations with several people at once. IContinue reading “What do you honor by your presence?”
Counting and learning
One I know what it is to be broken Two Body parts packaged Three Claimed by Medicine Four That I would not Five Move ankle, neck, wrist or knee Six Again like I used to Seven Every movement in pain Eight Memories of what is no longer Nine These numbers are distracting Ten Can’t IContinue reading “Counting and learning”
Around The Tree
A circle made By learning feet Above the roots As walnuts fall Left unused As ashes rain A sky of orange A plume of smoke Calling friends Are you OK? My people safe Their towns in flames I breathe in A piece of place Something sacred Made by fire From trees I loved Animals IContinue reading “Around The Tree”
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Buckeye of Spring
I know That death Will come One day Right now There are New leaves to grow This dawn The sun Will hold My skin Today I am A green Delight
Star and Stone 