for E.D.
Like the meat
Is to the nut
Like the pearl
Is to the shell
Like the clapper
To the bell
So the voice
Within does dwell.
Like a needle
In a groove
So the earth
Around the sun –
Part your mortal lips to speak
And your being
Has begun.
Rosemary Wells is a member of Monterey Peninsula Meeting in Pacific Grove, CA (PYM).