Embracing the Grief that Connects Us In the Valley of Death With arms outstretched on the hill An American chestnut tree stands resurrected. Silently she draws new life from an old, dead stump Where her ancestors died with blighted roots a hundred years ago. She bears witness to the graves lying stoneless in her valley.…
Love Heals on the Mountaintop
Up on the Mountaintop The storm is brewing in the mountaintop. Clouds become a stage for lightning dances. Thunder rolls in a distant Heaven. Soaring above, predators scan meadows For the most vulnerable prey, Like I am searching the horizon for a thought. Moses saw God alongside hawks gliding on updrafts, Carrying lofty thoughts Where longings…