rain fell, a sooth-sayer

after the twister ripped through my gut

she stepped gently into my flesh

entering me as a healing force

for she arrived as grace

pitter-pattering from the moonless sky

and like nature marking her territorial space

claimed me as her resting place

i drank her like a vintner's sample

savoring the nectar of her vine

getting drunk on the bouquet of her flavors

mating upon my welcoming lips

ah! blessed nanny of nature

nursing me at her liquid breasts

blessed having drunk her soothing milk

flowing free like hot-honey from bees

she hummed a song in the night's abandoned light

rocking me dear 'neath her mothering breasts

cuddling me into refreshing sleep

safe from the madness of inner strife

i've been given peace and bliss

a taste of Love's rich Eucharist

*The healing of ourselves is the healing of the whole nation.

-Thinh Nath Hanh

*War is in our souls.

-Thinh Nath Hanh

*When  we learn from our own suffering, then all the flowers will be smiling at us.

-Thich Nhat Hanh