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The Pray-ers
Buffy Aakaash


These are the honey makers
The maple sap tappers
The pollen gatherers
The elixirs healing the future
from the spirits of the past
Unleashing beasts
who make right the wrongs
The saviors of the waters
The elders of the vineyards
Turning failing limbs to wings
Blacksmiths who shape 
hard metals into words
Uncoiling spells to rest on winds
and spiral to the sky
These are the doers, the makers, the spinners
The unripe berries who will delight our tongues 
who speak the truth before it is so
and unjam the rivers to free the flow 
They are the fish that run upwards
then come down to feed the people
when the best of times are beaten. ​
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Photo by Wade Fox
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