Mostly, I post poetry,
And I suppose
This could be that.
But will it be enough?
Will it transport you,
My dear reader?
Will it bring you
to this place
Of peace?

I wish we could
All take up
Residency here.
The raw ground
That has been
Transformed,
Now blooms
With color
And draws the
Soul to rest.

We invited
Guests to come,
In those early
Days of learning
And listening.
Days of responding
To the whispers
The wind carried.
Guests we knew
Could honor the
Intention of
The space.

Who would sit

Six feet apart

And dream this

Place into existence

With us.

The desire to
Have a moment
Apart – together.
A moment to
Be and to do.
A moment to
Breathe.
A Place of
Unadulterated
Peace.

To grieve, to laugh.
For storytelling,
And reuniting
Once the virus
Was under
Control.
You see,
We knew
The virus
Would change us,
Would change our
World.

We never would have imagined,

That a virus

Could come to this.

And that it would not be

The virus we feared

In 2019