It's All Relative

 

 

 

Family

is more than blood

More than a tree rooted in 

DNA

 

I'm a part of a family

of love

and peace

A family of music

A family of voices lifted

high and pure

in their respect

 

I belong to a family

of friends and

soul mates

A family connected by

DAN

 

It's all relative

you see

Related by what runs through our

hearts

Blood or love

It is all the same to us

 

My family

of DAN is as real

to me

As any other family

I know

It's all relative

you see

 

And we

See

each other

in

ourselves

 

 

 

Mitakuye Oyasin

http://www.twistedrootstudios.com

We carry our lineage
The past is to be celebrated
Let your family
tree grow and render fruit
And Shade
as respite in the middle of a
long day

The lineage of all my lives is
sacred to me
My soul birthed many times
into many lives
in many times and
many bodies

My ancestors are my story
all of them
All are my relations
Perhaps not be blood lines
Some by choice and connection

My family is also the trees
The Oceans
The Mountains
The Rivers
The Lakes
The Sun
The Moon
The Stars

The ones I walk with
then
now
next

and......You


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitakuye_Oyasin

Untouched By Time

http://www.twistedrootstudios.com

My crazy ancestors live way out here in the
woods wild
They own no watches, they own no ego
Time, for them is real and realized as peace
Simply....sun and moon
in a dance of the days
and nights

They tower high in the wind
Shading and swaying within that
same wind, touched tender or torrential
For the wind is also my kin, a strong or gentle
lady sharing herself fully...in her many
forms....freedom in her movement
Her pace.... her own

I own my own pace.....timeless

They scurry over the ground and through
the brush
They swim in the ponds and lakes
They simply be, here...deep in the woods
My ancestors....crazy and wild
Untouched by time
The crush of time is not known
in the wild wood

The deer and bear
The squirrel, the chipmunk crossing
the dirt and rocky road
under my feet
The hawk and eagle over my head
Calling to me
"welcome back, sister"
The snake, slithering silently
into the dew painted
grasses

They have come to see me, too

Me, invited to this family reunion
Humbled to be there
Happy...as the gathering commences
Me, the red headed step child of this place...
sacred
Allowed, accepted
In the place that forgot
time....lil 'ol me


They allow me, for they know
I am one of them
Regardless of this human skin and lanky limbs
This vehicle temporarily housing
my liquid salty soul unseen to them
They allow me, as they know
I am family
And I need to forget time
while I laugh and cry and sleep
in the company
of my crazy ancestors

Lil 'ol me.....
Untouched by time

The Light and The Dark

If the days were bright all 24 hours
I could see your face
There would be no darkness to
occlude it from
me

If the sun never went to sleep
we would be warmed by it
always, in all ways
We would feel her radiant
rays

If it were light in our hearts each day
Could you share your feelings more
easily
or, would they be hiding in the dark
still

In the dark there is such blessed respite
a soft place to fall
Let us own the darkness
the time to fall into a soft embrace..
sleeping

The dark and the light
are partners
As are we
Life is a gift... not a
struggle

unless we allow it to be

I chose to live where they meet
Live here with me

Be in the dark with me
Be in the light
Where ever we find ourselves
is where we begin and end from
Peace

Each sunrise a new day to explore
Each sunset a new night to live in each others
embrace
We are peace in the light and the
dark

Lineage of the Soul

Led to a place only known to our souls

at first

We traveled from all corners to heal

a thirst

For closure, truth and something 

deeply real

A place called Peoria was our final

destination

To allow the boulder's and the pine's

restoration

As we cried blended tears... 

yours and mine

The I and the me became

us

As we realized we could truly

trust

These souls brought to the river's shore

where the raptors soar

We soar now as well

in unison

On the currents that lead us back

to our family reunion

Souls knowing so much gain  

There is nothing that we lack

The lineage of the soul is alive and well

 and in this truth we now dwell

Souls no longer alone

A family birthed at the river by the stones

<3 

A Glimpse is Ours....

I am still real raw from the planning, the journey, the meeting, the bonding, the loving and the leaving. It has been almost a week since I have written......I just needed time to honor the whole experience. And I know this cycle will continue until the flow returns and the pace quickens around my blog again. I welcome the time to process and heal and mostly show my gratitude for this amazing connective gift!

Something shifted for me while sitting at the concert on Saturday night. I saw Dan's eyes and felt his wisdom beaming out from that gorgeous poster that welcomed us all that night......thank you, Deb! And I heard a personal message for myself that I am also assimilating into my life.

Today, as I sit outside in the still Sunday morning, warmed by the fire reestablished from last evening, I feel a true connection to the messages sent in these last two Danspirations. Both of these songs are about family, and struggle.

We have been given the most sacred of gifts..... a  beautiful glimpse of the man we adore for so many reasons. And I strongly KNOW that he is sending the message that while we have bonded and have become a family of connection, he needs us to know that our family is not HIS family of origin. We must honor the separation as well as the connection.....we MUST honor the need for privacy that Dan craved and still does,  even to this day....... always. He wants us to know he is humbled, and even a bit confused about our deep commitment to him and his art. He honors that we need this in our lives, so he asks that we continue to honor that which is his alone. His life, his privacy, his peace and serenity as well as that of ALL his forefathers, ancestors and those still here walking the planet on a physical plane.

A glimpse of the soul connection is the truth we honor, the only place he allows us to tread and we MUST do this with respect and some loving detachment.

As I continue to heal and reflect, I know you do as well.......take the time you need and know................... one day we'll all understand! ;)