Spring is coming Its footfalls echo In a kinder wind Whose winter roar Is but a whisper now And black and white Is turning To a palette of birth Colors far beyond the eye Yet deep within our memory Spring is coming To warm the earth With life With hope And we will welcome it home

the courage required to show up for navalny’s funeral is worth our appreciation

The winter has been long And I have sorely missed the sun Voices ringing thru the air Children running on the sand Oh how I yearn For company But memories sustain me And I am content to wait For the earth will turn Spring will break the silence And summer will rise Once again

I am here For a moment A quiet breath of air A color brilliant as the earth A dance amid the morning dew A song of glorious sun Every moment shining For love of this beautiful life Here for a moment And then I will be gone But oh How truly blessed was I To share this day With you

Among green and gold Of spring turned summer Beneath descending light Of sun that winks and hides Behind the clouds I stand in my Sunday best A home for tired souls Who need a quiet peace To settle in their bones To remember life And to forgive it all I am the ages come to rest

I am life The apogee of all the moments Past and gone A fragility of bashful breath Within a quaint and quiet space I call my own I am life A whisper of the here and now Pure and perfect As the awakening air Big and brief and beautiful As my falling tears

We stand Among monuments to our civility We transverse measured streets And precisely count the miles That lead us home And yet We look to the heavens For peace For a breath of wonder A moment of grace Unimagined and unbound Where measurement is light And home is where we are

A thousand years Will wend their way Angry edges will surrender With their passing Shadows of trees Will grow, fall and grow again Sun and moon will play Lost and found in waning light Yet the measure of our lives Will not be found in time But in the timeless beauty Of the earth

I am here for just a moment And then I will be gone My life as fleeting as a breath From fragile birth to quiet death And all the consequence between The joy, the fear, the sorrow borne Will bear no fault nor gravity For I will fly, forever free

This night Will not come again The air will never be as still Nor will the waves Bid as sweet a farewell And the palette Will be used but once But I stand Within a moment In the story of the world And though quietly fleeting Into the past It is my history now And I will remember

I am not mighty Humbly built by weathered hands I will live my years On this peaceful pond But I am brave I bear my load with mettle And always see my sailors Safe home to shore It is a happy life And though I may never sail the sea In my dreams I reach the stars

We watch As she makes her way Across the sky And though we are filled With impossible sorrow We somehow know We will see her again So the wind whispers And we wave goodbye To day, to light, to all we knew We bow our heads In reverent prayer And mourn the passing Of the sun

You dwell Between silence and a sigh Triumph and a tear One singular moment And the next You balance On a breath of air Precious and precarious Wending your way Through heaven and earth Hold on, hold on Stillness shines Morning yawns And the grace of the sun Will give you peace

Side by side We stand before her Our ancient mountain Our mighty mother Protector of our dreams She is our religion A morning hope An evening prayer To rise, to be brave To endure And as the ages pass She remains Ever silent, ever stalwart Closer to heaven Than we will ever be

The day Is nearly done The sun bids farewell To its beloved children And silence falls upon the air With the rush of night And the days pass And I remember them all And centuries on I still stand at post Bone weary Crumbling with age But as evidence, as testament I lived

Thank you, Mrs. Kennedy, for everything. Rest in eternal peace. 🤍

In sorrowful darkness Leeward of the wailing wind Adrift in an angry sea You are not alone Hear my plaintive voice Reach for your desperate hand Watch for my stalwart heart It shines for you When all seems lost And hope is but a dying breath I will find you And bring you home

Just one Step Just one More And there In that moment Lies the beginning Of it all The quiet hope And breathless joy Of the journey

My name is not war Tho I will fight To save my home My name is not hate For compassion Is my solemn strength My name is not intolerance For our differences Are our saving grace My name is Hope My name is Peace And tho I struggle Tho I falter I will rise in every heart Victorious

I stand with Ukraine.