[Thespiritexpress] Poem Sacred Stench and also, I need a ride. . .

[Roz]

So brilliant Riantee!! 
Love, Roz

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> On Jan 17, 2023, at 8:44 PM, Riantee Rand via Thespiritexpress <thespiritexpress at lists.mcn.org> wrote:
> 
> If anyone is going to Santa Rosa on Monday I would need a ride to the airport, airplane leaving at 3:00
> I would be happy to pay for the gas.
> Riantee
> 
>> 
>> Sacred Stench
>>             From Putrefaction to Purification
>>  
>> When I took the organic garbage
>> to the compost pile this morning
>> the putrefaction was underway;
>> it stunk!
>>  
>> Through a process of decomposition
>> those left-overs
>> that once were a favorite food
>> slowly rot,
>> releasing a stench
>> close to unbearable.
>>  
>> Could I throw in 
>> my secret feelings and emotions,
>> my undisclosed cravings and fears
>> my hidden hurts and disappointments?
>>  
>> It might stink even more
>> and really upset me
>> if I try to look into it too closely,
>> but I know
>> that if I let it settle for a while
>> all refuse will turn into new soil.
>>  
>> Sensuous earthworm will dig small channels
>> activating the process of oxygenation
>> for a new breath;
>> the soil will be renewed,
>> a scent
>> of the good earth we all are made from
>> will replace the old.
>>  
>> The good gardener doesn’t recoil
>> from putrefaction,
>> it encourages it;
>> the sacred investigator
>> doesn’t recoil from unsavory feelings,
>> it knows that pus,
>> when draining the boil,
>> is inevitable for purification and healing;
>> the holy warrior doesn’t fear
>> the greediness and exploitation
>> of the oppressor,
>> it knows
>> the undoing of the planet
>> to be a necessary step
>> for the trans-formation
>> that will disclose
>> our  new world, 
>> our new form.
> 
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