Sofia

Sofia is hidden away where her only visitor is God. Diligent seekers can find her. She is imprisoned in the world. Her tears are our waters.

Wetlands foxes hawks coyotes the suburbs have never been more beautiful.

Corn

Composed on a hayrack ride at the Illinois Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (aka Quakers).

Corn

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I'm from Illinois.
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Ever read the ingredients on food?
There's corn in bread, corn in jelly,
corn in peanut butter, and corn-fed meat.
Corn--the miracle food--it's in every food group!

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AND YET

The corn in the fields
Still sends down roots,
Still reaches for the sky

Corn still drinks up water,
Soaks in sunlight,
Ripples in the breeze.

Yes, even the corn is infused with spirit,
Alchemically transmuting the elements
Into life, to give us life.

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Let us give thanks.
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Amen.