Tapestry

Have you ever
knelt down in the depths of your own sorrow,
Explored the tenderness of your deepest
Longing.

Can you feel a bird sing
And a river flow,
Are the trees alive.

If you do not yet understand these words then you
Surely have not yet arrived.
Seek on my fellow warriors
Seek on!

– Lori Ellis-McKinney (2012)