The Jungle Can Hold It All
The jungle can hold it all
It bursts and sways with
the exquisite dance of life
Monkeys play, wild and free
filling up from branches
pregnant with fruit
Insects sing a nightly lullaby
A magical chorus
of jungle medicine
The jungle holds joy and bliss
And it also holds fear, pain and death
A baby bird flies home to the Spirit realms
Too precious for this life
Where there is light
There is also darkness
Our tears remind us
of the duality of our Earth experience
The Earth can hold it all
Get still, listen
Feel the infinite abundance
of these ancient trees and plants
that grew well before we were here
and will be here long after we’re gone
But this land will remember us
Our love, our pain,
Our grief, our rage
Our dreams, our devotion
to dancing with the mystery of life
while we still have breath
savoring the nectar
of each precious moment
We can hold it all