Arctic Prayer

A prayer written upon my return from my time in the tundra of the arctic circle. Just saying it takes me back. . .

Arctic water, quenching thirst, flowing through my veins �" purity

         sustain me.

Arctic air, warm one day, biting cold the next, but clear always �" clarity

                  sustain me.

Arctic wind, fills the ear to roaring, yet quieting the mind �" stillness

                           sustain me.

Arctic wildlife, both seen and hidden, the circle of life �" mystery

                                    sustain me.

Arctic tundra, soft grass mixing flora, uneven, testing carpet �" character

                                             sustain me.

Arctic flower, colors not imagined, fragile, short-lived �" beauty

                                                      sustain me.

Arctic rock of every marking �" circle, spiral, dots, lines �" creativity

                                                               sustain me.

Arctic twilight, the low northern sun playing with the clouds 

the crisp early light defining the freshly white mountaintops - wonder

                                                                        sustain me.

Arctic time, doing what is needed but free to stop, and look, and listen �"

      Balance

                                                                                 sustain me, still.

 

 

Tom Dennis

Canning 2000

 copyright - Thomas J. Dennis