Earth Mother

Day 28 of the Soul Card Journey

with Elizabeth Crawford of Soul's Music

Soul Cards by Deborah Koff-Chapin

at http://www.touchdrawing.com/

In her day,

Traveler was

as fertile

as Mother Earth,

giving life to

four small voyagers,

who grew like

saplings

off her

sturdy trunk.

She fed them

with laughter

and snippets of moon,

(for wonder),

and soon

they grew

beyond her,

reaching for

an infinity

of sky.

Now, Traveler

reflects and

remembers,

basking

in the glory

of their

exuberant

flowering.

An Imperfect Beauty

Day Five of accompanying Elizabeth Crawford of Soul's Music as we make our journey. We are using images from Soul Cards by Deborah Koff-Chapin of the Center for Touch Drawing,
at http://www.touchdrawing.com/


Earth Mother
gives birth
to perfect beauty,
then has to watch,
with a
mother's pain,
as the beauty
fractures,
is raped
and pillaged,
desecrated,
battered,
ravaged,
in such distress
it begins to
self-destruct.

Forests
taken away
in trucks,
hillsides weeping
rain and mud,
wild animals
searching for
safe habitat
that can
no longer
be found.

Turmoil
and chaos
everywhere.

Yet still,
every morning,
no matter what,
her child's beauty
keeps shining
through
her many
wounds.
The promise
is there,
of a peaceful
and balanced
world.
She is
asking for help
from every
passing
traveler,
help to
bind up
her wounds,
and help
to ease
her pain.