Whispering Wyrd

I am healing,
I can feel things I’ve never felt before!
The mountain forests and the ravens
 are more than just trees and birds.

They are reminders and messengers
that we are all a part of something larger.
We are all parts of the web of life.

I couldn’t articulate this before,
with my spirit clouded with drugs.
But now I am free of that terrible bond,
I can see clearly now all I had missed before.

Joy fills my heart these days.
Like the year, every day has its seasons.
And I embrace them all without fear or regret.
Life is too precious a thing
to spend it with a clutched heart
and a chained spirit.
This feeling, this present moment is freedom.

~Buck