Nahmakanta Lake

Charging water

receiving from rainbow stream

get the children

plugged in

to creation at our center

she is a spider

in the land of plenty

seen only when secrets

are allowed to reveal

themselves

giant hemlocks protected

by the Appalachian trail

where many months trek to find something

still unknown

but we do know it-

our purpose

as the seers of beauty

the stillness of harmony

the art of awareness

the separation now-one

again

but this time its better

this time we are not afraid

of where our next meal is coming from

what we are missing is provided by our neighbors

we are not chimpanzees worried

the gorillas will steal our fruits

we are not tribes or territories

we are a collective communication

as cohesive as the underground

roots and mycelium

as devoted to care

as the delicate evolution

of leaf cutter ants

but first

I need a new definition

to mother into

the next generation