The Child Returns
the child returns
hearts-home where
everyone smiles
from their eyes too.
dance beneath the moon
her face full and bright.
she casts shadows
of the forest ancient and wise.
pines as tall as forever
whisper to one another
green gossip collected,
during the years.
drums and chanting pull those,
who would otherwise be reticent,
to gift their deep feeling
before a circle. open for all
to wander through, remembering.
treat as delicate winged creatures
telling secrets hidden, in lost children,
cloaked in pain, fear, anger.
all who are wounded
drop their onerous burdens
beside the fire and walk away
into the trees
forest hushes move sweetly
to comfort them, then
collect a world of grief
now redundant. it disappears
into the earth to be reborn
in powerful, strong people.
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