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Jan 23Liked by Bonnitta Roy

I wonder how relational repair (or perhaps regeneration) is embedded in the ontological design that is possible. Our capacity to hold steady in the face of the relational repair that is needed at multiple levels: ourselves, with each other, our nonhuman kin, and the planet itself.

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to be steadfast

but not stern

at the bow

knowing that the waves

are endless

and the sea is vast

what can I say

to the little ones

stowed below

grasping at their mothers' breasts?

I'll tell the men

to sing a lullaby

and let the wind

sing the sails

what we seek

is not fame nor fortune

nor a promised land

we seek each other

in just this way

as the water surrounds us

and calls us to the depths

adventure on the high seas!

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Thank you Bonnie. Your poetry rings deeply with me...steadfast not stern; we seek each other...

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