Walking with Haiti
for Haiti
Santa Rosa, CA USA
It is dark,
wet,
and cold here…
I am alone…
I step forward and light
the heart space…
blazing light sizzles in the damp night
connecting me in circles ever expanding
as I step onto this lone path…
I walk in silence,
my heart full of thoughts
of those who’s night is ever deeper,
where even though the sun shines…
their despair reaches…
searching for meaning to a world turned upside down,
shaken and broken...
their humanity seen by those who will look…
Walking this path…
I reach back, touching the hands of those walking
around the world,
weaving our love to hold that which is no more,
to that unknown
where all life ends and begins again…
Asking for compassion,
humility,
sustenance,
love,
healing,
recognizing our face in other,
being present with this step,
and the next…
holding our light,
gently…
so others may find their way home…
This poem, by Dr. Lea Goode-Harris, Ph.D, provides a template for us, as we consider how to use the labyrinth as a means to empower compassion and empathy in our own lives, as we seek to transform and heal the lives of those impacted by disasters and community trauma, whether from natural disasters or human-caused.
photos on this page by Lea Goode-Harris, Ph.D
