The road ahead grows longer in the shade

Stripes stretching angles across our path

Air holds its stillness, the meditation of the wild

As the ground catches our footfalls beneath us

We breathe in the life that abounds

Whisper a gratitude to the trees

Prayers rise from the richness of the soil

Tracing through our veins

We spread our roots and stretch our arms

A canopy beneath the sky

Transformed once more

To Earth reborn

Our spirit and power no longer denied ~ Caroline A. Slee