Earth Etude for Elul 22 – Help Me Be

by Carol C. Reiman

May I be as steady as the oak,

ocean, owl’s gaze;

Flexing as the bird’s wing,

cattail in the breeze,
stream around the stone;

Patient as the long daylight,
path to the horizon,
journey to my core;

Gliding back and forth,

Inner, outer,

values mirroring my mien.

As I tire, fresh start,

spiral ever out afar;

Treasuring earth’s teaching;

voicing its protection;

seeing to its keeping,

as I work to seek my own.

Carol C. Reiman juggles making a living, caring for family, and keeping ties with communities of human and non-human species.

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