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among the naropa dead
musing on the many times
you sat with me
in a circle
to celebrate arrival
and how you are
arrived in a circle
that I am yet to join
among the naropa dead
years ago
others and I
arrived on the green
at the heart-center
at night
to honor
and speak
the names
of those
within the circle
among the naropa dead
your name now rings
resonates
transmits
is spoken
among the naropa dead
a small glass heart
you gave me
now sits
upon the altar
to my ancestors
"mitakuye oyasin"
Ahé!
we are all related
slow burns
come and go
salt tears
fall and flow
all arriving
until nothing
remains
except ashes
someday
I and others
will arrive
to join
you
among the naropa dead
02 December 2021
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