3 POEMS

MOTHER'S WORDS Why look for answers, my child, Among the people you meet? Why believe there is fulfillment In your narrow life of work?    Why sacrifice the gift of lonliness    To fill up the time with diversion? Look inside every living thing you find. Feel he energy of rocks and leaves, hummingbirds    and cactus. Dwell for a moment in a single blade of grass. Discover the secret of snowflakes.    In these patterns lie harmony, my child.    In harmony, the universe.

The Web of Life To kill the owl   is to kill   the mountains in thier majesty. To kill the bear   is to kill   the beauty of all living things. The web of life   connects grass to fish   trees to turtles   sky to caterpillars. The web of life   connects me to everything   that came before,   even to the moment   when earth herself was born. To break the web of life   is to fill the universe    with pain.

Spirit Walker Spirit Walker; with long legs poking out of rain clouds Along the mesa tops,   Listen to our prayers for understanding. Spirit Walker; with strong arms embracing the wounded Earth,   We ask forgiveness for our greed. Spirit Walker; with footsteps echoing like promises   Across the aching land,   Give Fire and Ice to purify us. Spirit Walker; with tears that fall as Snow and Rain,   Heal our forests and our rivers,   Our homes and the hearts of all creatures. Spirit Walker; heed the cry of every living thing   And bathe the Earth with harmony.