[Thespiritexpress] EQUINOX INVITATION ~ 

[mariposa]

Mmmmmm. Me encanta tus poemas, siempre.

Joe and I are  in La Manzanilla, staying not far from Nansee Littletree and Casa Luz. It is heaven.
And today I went to the La Manzanilla writing group, and I wrote! Words, to my surprise, flowed out. The dam holding them back was just a facade. Ha ha.

Love you always,
Pajarita 

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> On Mar 9, 2024, at 2:01?PM, 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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