Meanderings and Musings

Here's my latest post to Christine's Poetry Party . She posted a neat picture taken in Austria many years ago of her ancestors feeding pigeons in the town square. It reminded me of being in Milano, Italy on an American Music Ambassadors band tour. We had several hours to roam, but several of us stayed near the town center, drawn by the thousands of pigeons. Another participant in the Poetry Party made a comment questioning whether the people were feeding the pigeons, or the pigeons feeding the people. I echoed her sentiment, as my time in Milano was truly re-energizing...I was fed by the experience of being flocked by pigeons, some sitting on my arms and shoulders!
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ASHES TO ONE

Ashes to Ashes
Dust to Dust
Of ashes you were born
To ashes you returned

One circle
One family
One body
The blood, sweat, toil
The heartfelt prayer

My gift to you,
for your gift to me
A blessing
A sacrifice
A memory

Connections…
Future and Past
The family constellation
A line of strong women
A line of strong men
Numbered like the stars
Inifinite in wisdom
Inifinite in grace
Inifinite in love
That love that connects
You to me
And me to you

Forever bound as one,
And as thousands.
As thousands of ashes
Floating above the flame
Fanning out to return to the earth
To fertilize new life
New generations.

We are one
Ashes to Ashes
Dust to Dust