Time to Rise

Our lives are a prayer

just like Gandhi at his wheel
we spin flesh around spirit
that it may express

here.

we are cosmic and human,
individual and union,
we can merge with the
Sound of the Genuine
and move as one organism.

but we are also human
and we can feel so small, at times.
the world - even in its beauty -
can seem hopeless
unless we remember we were

made

for

this

made to connect love to the ache.

made to remember
that all these hard-holy things
- can’t bury us
because we are seeds

remember...remember

remember when you were a child
and you let yourself be taught
by the wisdom of trees
and the possibility of galaxies?

there's a humility
in allowing ourselves to be moved
by the light that lives inside all things.

The One has an innate intelligence
the human can’t always see
so let’s give ourselves
to the pragmatism of the mystery.

this is the wisdom of eons
the intelligence of quark, open molucule and heart, this is the flow of magma and stars - and your head, hands, and heart were carved
for THIS.

YOU.
who have eyes to see.

you are called.

your particular medicine
ignites fires we couldn’t even imagine

we need your unique genius.

YOU. who have travelled to the underworld and back
to claim your gifts

you, the wisdom keepers
you, the systems and processes genius’s
you, the nurturing mothers
you, the singers
you, the ones who ensure children shine

you, the story tellers
you, the belly and heart fillers
you, the vegetable growers

you, the deep casters
you, the animal carers
you, the wealth holders

the knowledge keepers
the path sweepers
you, the drummers, the sitar strummers
you, the tech leaders
you, the bag holders

you the marathon runners that ALWAYS stay the course
you, the sprinters that drive us forward

you, the tradition holders
you, the future bringers
you, the optimist
you, the pragmatist

you, the bridge
between one world and another

you, the one who is unafraid to speak up.
you, who stays quiet and listens with your whole heart.

you the troublemaker/ the revolutionary
the peacemaker, the changemaker.

you the heartivist
you, conscious business leader
you ice melted to river
you, the joy holder
you, the lone wolf

YOU.
the one who has heard the call.

it’s time
to take your place
in the web of all things
-humbly, but unapologetically-
the intelligence required is

love.

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