many and great

third light tonight
third candle lit
two days
ago
the parent and the child
traditions

illuminating

the brother of Isaac has
a place
as well
and will acknowledge the same father
when
it’s time

and then east of east
there
are traditions birthing meditation
and unity in
consciousness
while
west
of here
that admittedly was here
there is understanding of an Earth
that’s borderless
flown over by trickster
Raven
and higher
lower more
the Great Spirit

so
too
those with not tradition or
acknowledge none plus
the followings so many
more
on Earth

so many ways to count
measure
this day

not as the stars
though
as people here might be grouped
or
on one’s own develop
a philosophy
as well

ways to know the Earth and
Lord
of Earth
and
sky
and us for making
and for being there

c l couch
(writing from the eastern USA)


from the Dakota Hymn
Many and great, O God, are thy works,
Maker of earth and sky;
Thy hands have set the heavens with stars;
Thy fingers spread the mountains and plains.
(Joseph Renville)

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