Authentic Self

(poetry presented at Vancouver Fruit Tree Project wrap up event 10.12.24)

Authentic Self
Togetherness
When I’m myself I feel more of me around
You know what I mean,

Like, you are welcome here
You belong
I invite all of you,,
who want to share in the work.
seeding, sowing
pruning, plucking
discovering, shedding

Ill look over here and see what I can find
as you go where gravitates you,
maybe we report back what research revealed
when our paths cross this same field
shared field of existence
in this ear of persistence
in proximity and distance
Here and Now
to keep building back
more abundantly and creatively
Healing with the land,
the worlds body & spirit
materialization & water who flows through

So that is an Authentic Self: a conduit
accumulations of mounds, ravines and valleys
sculpted by current
A conduit, magnetizing, your meaning, your role
Attuning to not what your told
but where you feel the water flowing,
the energy growing,
showing,
bestowing, the call to heal

When my stone pathway meets your mossy trail, let’s plant a tree

In this growing garden,
co-incarnating the authenticity of soul
who is diverse and resilient

The collective perspective to create
opened to relate
to re-distribute the weight
in the debate
of what’s right or wrong,
hearing that divine design in song,
sung by billions and billions
and billions of voices
who’s choice was
and is
to radiate power of plenty
Incidentally awakening,
gently
to the empty
that is full
the light in the darkness