The Is-ness of Things

Consider, dear Heart,
that the children remember,
about the Is-ness of things
that the whole universe
is really made up
of One Breath of God
Wise is the little boy,
doting on stray puppy,
the little girl concerned
for cow killed for supper
very young children remember
One Source,
that form is what’s accidental
Wise are the little ones
who do not cast aspersions,
on that which sustains them
or take it for granted,
for even the trees, the water and air
share the Is-ness of things
Let’s imagine a world in which
we all say, with reverence,
to Forest,
before we excavate for houses,
“you are my body,
forming natural shelter overhead
your arms a canopy of leaves
moss,
carpet beneath my feet”
let us say to the rivers,
the oceans and streams,
“you are life’s blood,
coursing through Me
for without water
my body is also
dry, parched earth”
Consider
we really are
One with the puppy,
the cow,
humming bird,
and bee
and act accordingly
for only then can Infinity respond
in the magnitude of Her abundance

~ Wren Clement Eli