[Thespiritexpress] EQUINOX INVITATION ~ 

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Beautiful poem! "...in the sacred circle..."  Yes!Have a wonderful Equinox event. I'll be there in without my spacesuit this time...Love and blessings to all...~ EdSent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
-------- Original message --------From: Devreaux via Thespiritexpress <thespiritexpress at lists.mcn.org> Date: 3/9/24  12:01 PM  (GMT-08:00) To: Spirit House <Spirithouse at mcn.org>, thespiritexpress at lists.mcn.org Subject: Re: [Thespiritexpress] EQUINOX INVITATION ~ 💥 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.DevreauxSpirit HouseThere are no maps to guide us on this journeybeyond the wordstrust in the earthAt night in the Spirit Houseour ancestors gather around usI wear a bracelet of 54 prayer beadsI whisper the prayers to greet our deadfor the soul is a wandererwith many hands and feetI feel my heart open to the figureof a girl somewhere in the field of my pastShe carries my Grandmother's facehidden behind her eyesso in this way she completes a circleof all our peopleopening like wings on either side of herAt night in the Spirit House they come with prayer shawlsand beads to break bread with the livingThere are no guide posts for this kind of journeybeyond opening ourselves to the power of the universeI sing the names of our deadcount the prayers wrapped around my wristwatch the small circle of stars tremble a reflectionof all our facesin the sacred circlefloating just above our heads._______________________________________________Thespiritexpress mailing listThespiritexpress at lists.mcn.orghttp://lists.mcn.org/mailman/listinfo/thespiritexpress
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