Everywhere I looked, Beauty Enveloped Me

As i sat

bathed in wonder

i observed the meandering river

the feeling of dawn

began to light up the sky

In the pink halo flowering light

quiet bloomed

the water began to quiver

everywhere i looked

beauty enveloped me

everything was flowering in beauty

it blossomed in the deep folding green mountains

it blossomed in the cool waves of wind

it blossomed in the wild ecosystems

it blossomed in the immeasurable interwoven species

It blossomed in light and shadow

it blossomed in the river

it blossomed in every nook and cranny

in the quiet

there was nothing to get to

nothing to accomplish

nothing to gain

and nothing was everything

all was laid exposed, vulnerable and bare

there were no names, no addresses, no ownership

culture had no place here

i laid down on the supple grass

and browsed the deepening blue sky

billowing clouds appeared and disappeared

in the infinite whirlpool of presence

birds lifted their voices

garland of trees spoke to the whispering sun

pockets of insects animated

to the throb of the heat

warmth spooned the air

the earth steamed

and all around

love flowed in everything

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Stop here with me

let loose into freedom

let presence and nature heal

your soul

and see that our culture is a grave

disease of violence and trauma

upon humanity and all of life

here

in presence and wonder

you see who you are

in the

i don’t know

for in the presence of wonder

there is nothing that can contain you