Dear
Friends,
Can
a glacier speak for itself?
In
her book RECLAIMING THE WILD SOUL: HOW EARTH'S LANDSCAPES RESTORE US TO
WHOLENESS author Mary Reynolds Thompson states: " I
feel my own flesh and the flesh of the earth as one. In harming Earth, I
cause myself harm; in caring for the Earth, I care for myself."
Our
ability to remember that truth brings "the shift of consciousness" we need that
" is the principal means to overcoming our planetary
crisis."
Today,
celebrate the beautiful mystery of the Earth and yourself as one.
Forming
in this place,
maybe a cauldron,
maybe a star.
With my sound I name this place:
your disowned birthplace, the fluid
nebulous beginnings you choose to forget;
I speak volumes
about the dark, weightless world where fantastic things incubate,
your unnamed, unclaimed place of origin, all you
left years ago,
the sea over which you came…
From: IN THE BECOMING: Poems based on the Deirdre Story
© Margaret McCarthy
©photograph & text copyright Margaret McCarthy 2018