Fellowship

a gathering, an affiliation
is that the feeble strength of this word?
or is it stuck in the shallowness 
of being a training
with temporary togetherness?

No, we don't need more of them
but we do need fellowship
the kind that runs on 
the breath between our veins
the one that does not 
need to be bound by time
and space, but moving steadily 
and woven tightly with 
our common intentions 
and varied gifts

Aren't we all part of a fellowship
of the world, of the human race
of the one failing at being the 
immune system of the earth
her breathing choking on our hold 
to mental models, thoughts, meanings
that are killing her and us all?

So why another one?
because we need a 
true fellowship
one of depth 
one like ‘of the ring’!
that resurrects the
meaning of this word
and in doing so 
and much more
helps create the conditions
to regenerate us
and our world.

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