The Great Turning

The Great Turning
		thank you, Joanna Macy

It has been said
see the world you want
to live in

apple tree bowing
in stiff wind

tthe awe-filled truth sets
free the weeping mother
of a female soldier     
the IED
her legs blown off

dog, turning three times
before the final groan
and flop
his bones relaxing

We all come from the same
alive   bright   responsive
I love exactly how it is
The turn, revealing