Where Wisdom Abides

Land is the place where lessons are taught,
where Wisdom abides; where we learn lessons
about life and death from the seed broken
open in darkness, dying in order to come
to life in a different form, and from the compost
which teaches us that decay is needed for
life's richness. Land is the place where we
are healed when no words can comfort or explain.
It is the place where we are taught about
and find community; where everything is
connected to everything else, and nothing
exists independently; the place where
everything feeds on and depends on the other.

Jeanne Clark