I honor the sacred ground
Where your white-powdered bones lay
Nuturing fertile, fragrant
Shade of Redwoods
Where your white-powdered bones lay
Nuturing fertile, fragrant
Shade of Redwoods
While egrets nest
Atop nearby birch
Against royal sky
Waiting to give birth
To new life
You walk with me
This bright day
Where light and shadow
Play like joyful children
Invited with love.
By Joyce Higgins