[Thespiritexpress] EQUINOX INVITATION ~ 

[Riantee Rand]

Great idea, perfect poem for the occasion.
xoxox
R

> On Mar 9, 2024, at 12:01, Devreaux via Thespiritexpress <thespiritexpress at lists.mcn.org> wrote:
> 
> I wrote this poem quite a few years ago to Ron and Toni for providing 
> Spirit House for the community and thought I would share it again in 
> tandem with the Equinox invitation.
> Devreaux
> 
> 
> Spirit House
> 
> There are no maps to guide us on this journey
> beyond the words
> trust in the earth
> 
> At night in the Spirit House
> our ancestors gather around us
> I wear a bracelet of 54 prayer beads
> I whisper the prayers to greet our dead
> 
> for the soul is a wanderer
> with many hands and feet
> 
> I feel my heart open to the figure
> of a girl somewhere in the field of my past
> She carries my Grandmother's face
> hidden behind her eyes
> so in this way she completes a circle
> of all our people
> opening like wings on either side of her
> 
> At night in the Spirit House they come with prayer shawls
> and beads to break bread with the living
> There are no guide posts for this kind of journey
> beyond opening ourselves to the power of the universe
> 
> I sing the names of our dead
> count the prayers wrapped around my wrist
> watch the small circle of stars tremble a reflection
> of all our faces
> in the sacred circle
> floating just above our heads.
> 
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