AT 68

Blog #13. JULY 2021. At 68 (for Deborah)

Older than rain falling from winter sky

Older than light breaking-open the darkness

Older than speck of birds shadowing distant mountains

Yes, older than the first-born star, older than all of this

The biology of eternity is embedded in our skin,

Blood to blood, clan to kin, a tiny grain of time within.

Oh, how we danced soul to soul, skin to skin

Across the escarpment of years, we found each other

In all our joy and suffering, in all our fervor and beauty

Singing from the very depths of our aliveness

Crossing the borders into the endless country of the heart

Ageless in the blaze of love burning through our days.

© AT 68. Blue Pearl Music 2021. Terry McArthur.

Photo by Deborah Young,