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    Sally Churgel
     

    Poem for WaccoBB picnic

    Hi, for those of you who couldn't make the picnic - I'm posting the poem I wrote and shared at the picnic.

    One Community Heartbeat

    (Waccobb Potluck 2014)

    Friends, there is just one heart beat
    We forget when we think our
    Heart beat is the only one
    Listen to the pulse of your heart
    Reverberate in this circle
    Your heartbeat and theirs
    One

    The heartbeat of the community
    Calls us to dance
    So? Dance!

    Dance your work
    Waltz your walk
    Tango your talk

    Whether you salsa solo
    Pirouette in pairs
    Cha-cha with community
    Always dance with abandon

    Dance to wake the trails so
    Wildflowers blossom after each step

    Dance to wake the children lulled to
    Sleep by electronic sedatives

    Dance to wake the corporations so they
    Remember the bottom line is the people

    Dance to wake the wounded, so their
    Mountains of sorrow and shame turns to dust
    To become mulch that nurtures
    The seeds of acceptance

    Dance wildly
    Wake the stars
    Wake the dance within
    Maybe, for a mad moment,
    Dance your soul

    Dance passionately
    Until the trees bend over backwards
    To form a bridge
    Heart to heart
    Dance on the bridge

    Look into the Other
    See your reflection
    Hear your communal heartbeat
    Where the first cell thrums
    Remembers the beginning and
    Remembers the end

    You who rumba to my right
    And lambada to my left
    Are dancing me
    And I am dancing you
    And when you dance me
    I can see myself better and
    Move with more grace and ease
    When I rest the dance continues

    Even when we are not listening
    Angry, confused or sorrowful
    The community dance is here
    Where we can return at our own pace

    When we are all awake
    Our communal heart can contain those
    Only dreaming that they are dancing

    This communal dance calls you back
    To your heartbeat

    Go out with your heart
    Come back with the beat
    Go out with your heart
    Come back with the beat

    To the beat of this circle
    Shhh, quiet
    You can hear it
    Now

    And when this circle separates
    Remember
    Go out with your heart
    Come back with the beat

    Go out with the beat
    And come back to your heart


    Sally Churgel c.10/2014
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    Re: Poem for WaccoBB picnic

    Sally,

    I love this poem. You spoke to our souls.

    May many blessings fall upon you,

    -Christine Dufond

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    Hi, for those of you who couldn't make the picnic - I'm posting the poem I wrote and shared at the picnic.

    One Community Heartbeat

    (Waccobb Potluck 2014)

    Friends, there is just one heart beat
    We forget when we think our
    Heart beat is the only one
    Listen to the pulse of your heart
    Reverberate in this circle
    Your heartbeat and theirs
    One

    The heartbeat of the community
    Calls us to dance
    So? Dance!

    Dance your work
    Waltz your walk
    Tango your talk

    Whether you salsa solo
    Pirouette in pairs
    Cha-cha with community
    Always dance with abandon

    Dance to wake the trails so
    Wildflowers blossom after each step

    Dance to wake the children lulled to
    Sleep by electronic sedatives

    Dance to wake the corporations so they
    Remember the bottom line is the people

    Dance to wake the wounded, so their
    Mountains of sorrow and shame turns to dust
    To become mulch that nurtures
    The seeds of acceptance

    Dance wildly
    Wake the stars
    Wake the dance within
    Maybe, for a mad moment,
    Dance your soul

    Dance passionately
    Until the trees bend over backwards
    To form a bridge
    Heart to heart
    Dance on the bridge

    Look into the Other
    See your reflection
    Hear your communal heartbeat
    Where the first cell thrums
    Remembers the beginning and
    Remembers the end

    You who rumba to my right
    And lambada to my left
    Are dancing me
    And I am dancing you
    And when you dance me
    I can see myself better and
    Move with more grace and ease
    When I rest the dance continues

    Even when we are not listening
    Angry, confused or sorrowful
    The community dance is here
    Where we can return at our own pace

    When we are all awake
    Our communal heart can contain those
    Only dreaming that they are dancing

    This communal dance calls you back
    To your heartbeat

    Go out with your heart
    Come back with the beat
    Go out with your heart
    Come back with the beat

    To the beat of this circle
    Shhh, quiet
    You can hear it
    Now

    And when this circle separates
    Remember
    Go out with your heart
    Come back with the beat

    Go out with the beat
    And come back to your heart


    Sally Churgel c.10/2014
    Last edited by Barry; 10-07-2014 at 02:21 PM.
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