Child Given Wing
Thomas Merton Brightman
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Pouring Water
On Mother's glowing Bones

Prayers rising past Milky Way
Beyond Star Path
To Spirit

Rain replies
Rinsing my fear
Mudding me down

Hunkering here
In the ash of
Grandmother's Red
Peering into
Grandfather's Blue

Touching Earth

Searching Sky

Heart Eye
Opens
All Directions

Honoring
All Relations

Purified
Child given wing…




He Who Bears the Gift of Tears--Meeleensupeenkwail
December 12, 1997 Sent to Blue Heron