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Julie Schmidt's avatar

Jillian, loved everything you shared today! Deep resonance for me, a belonging to the land.

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Pausing at the doorway

to the native wild lands

preparation is needed.

A required initiation at hand.

Purification through peeling off

life’s layers of social medias.

Shedding beliefs of dominion,

power over and control.

Next cladding myself

within the sacred dress

of humbleness.

Then and only then may

I cross the threshold,

entering into unknown territory,

…the garden.

For any and all authority clearly lies

in the deep soils of Her!

Reminding me, I am both witness

to this amazing unfolding

and part of this ongoing cyclic process.

As tender to the plants, I listen,

taking care of any need.

Each encounter a rapport, a bond,

learning the language of the floras.

They are all teachers, guides and gurus.

Integral as every hand, seed, ray of sunlight,

pollinator, breeze and drop of water.

Co-existence,

interdependent,

relational,

native.

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A. Wilder Westgate's avatar

I just discovered Kerri as well and am deeply looking forward to reading more of her work. So glad you shared her here today, and so happy to dig into today's word. ❤️

I long to see my garden

teeming with native plants,

hear it humming with native bees.

I want to see my children

growing wild like the daisies

beside our driveway,

the ferns and Forget-me-nots

along our back fence.

When we step outside,

I want our feet to meet moss

and mushrooms, lush

and soft and spongy.

When we look outside,

I want us to find foxes,

frogs, and fireflies, flashes

of colour, and confirmation

that we need not be alone,

that we can nurture abundance.

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