Vermont Is

Compassion.

Watching Earth fall
willingly into the river.
Saying yes
to the sacred
nearness.
Heaven streaming
beams through guardian pines.
Jack rabbits,
beavers and black
bears.
A way of seeing the world,
not single act strung together
as pearls on a necklace.

Wisdom.

Being in the world,
but emptied.
Footsteps of a child
no longer exiled.
One dish,
one bowl,
one cup
to share
with all.
Dawn
on a dirt road,
sand and stones
soaking in the dark night,
leaving something new
to bear down upon.

Grace.

Following love
to shoulders,
rivers,
and picnic tables.
Kindness and vulnerability
of chipmunks
curious to connect.
Cabin zafus unmerited.
Sanctified regeneration
from embodied
elevation.
Hand size paw prints
from ancestors saying
a blessing.

Love.