PEGI EYERS
There are few empty ponds
in the wilderness.
Some are beside roads,
busy roads.
Canada geese are circling high
above treetops,
above castle spires,
above rural routes
that lead back to the city.
One world holds us all.
One fragmented world.
At the heart of ponds
and tucked into corners where woodlands meet,
beats the source of life
precarious yet fecund.
There are banks of spring-thawed clay
on the shores of ponds,
marked by tracks,
(shrinking tracks)
or a pointed stick
spelling safety
and picnics in the summer.
in the wilderness.
Some are beside roads,
busy roads.
Canada geese are circling high
above treetops,
above castle spires,
above rural routes
that lead back to the city.
One world holds us all.
One fragmented world.
At the heart of ponds
and tucked into corners where woodlands meet,
beats the source of life
precarious yet fecund.
There are banks of spring-thawed clay
on the shores of ponds,
marked by tracks,
(shrinking tracks)
or a pointed stick
spelling safety
and picnics in the summer.
Image ~ Keith Dotson Photography
Pegi Eyers is the author of Ancient Spirit Rising: Reclaiming Your Roots & Restoring Earth Community, an award-winning book that explores strategies
for social justice, ethnocultural identity, the ancestral arts, building land-
emergent community and resilience in times of massive change.
for social justice, ethnocultural identity, the ancestral arts, building land-
emergent community and resilience in times of massive change.
