Will You Turn...
DECEMBER 3, 2012
Will you turn,
step out into this crisp,
starlit night,
and take me back
to twelve and thirteen,
sixteen, then somewhere in my twenties,
find me in that tilled field at thirty,
again at forty,
and now this dance into our middle fifties,
younger even as we are older…
Moving in and out of my dreams
where I still remember that first kiss,
that touch so soft in those love notes
broken over the years in
rough and tumbling waters that have taken us down
to places few know…
You are,
and always will be,
that boy, now a man, who reminds me
that I am changing,
again and again,
and again…
Somewhere in my soul
we are one,
even as we walk on,
separate ways
as two…
step out into this crisp,
starlit night,
and take me back
to twelve and thirteen,
sixteen, then somewhere in my twenties,
find me in that tilled field at thirty,
again at forty,
and now this dance into our middle fifties,
younger even as we are older…
Moving in and out of my dreams
where I still remember that first kiss,
that touch so soft in those love notes
broken over the years in
rough and tumbling waters that have taken us down
to places few know…
You are,
and always will be,
that boy, now a man, who reminds me
that I am changing,
again and again,
and again…
Somewhere in my soul
we are one,
even as we walk on,
separate ways
as two…
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Labyrinths provide us with a path to practice change. Some labyrinths have withstood the passage of time for thousands of years. Others are here for just an afternoon, drawn in the sand at the edge of the ocean. Many modern labyrinths were meant to last for years, but because of unforeseen circumstances their time is shorter than intended. And they once again help us to practice letting go and giving thanks for the time they are with us. The Labyrinth of Life at the Sebastopol, California Teen Center reached such place of letting go and is at the end of one chapter and the beginning of another chapter that is yet unknown.

Sometimes... a labyrinth can take years to become a physical reality. In 2018 I met with my friend Deb, to discuss her desire to have a labyrinth on the beautiful land she lives on. Despite our plans and several meetings, listening to the land and finding the right spot, the labyrinth did not come to fruition. Fast-forward five years and in the blink of an eye... it happened!