The summer of our lives
there are those of us
held in the pull of Orcas
we are the lucky ones
there is a place for us
where body and spirit
are at home in one place
and none of us owns it
we are merely stewards
physical and spiritual
but you know all this
the summer of our lives
moments on Orcas Island
feel a certain radiance
and a perfect ripeness
the spirit unfolded
in full bloom of self
on a fir encrusted rock
adrift in a salish sea
Stephen Guy
Eastlight Farm, Orcas
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