Age Burning Sage

Age Burning Sage: a spontaneous verse after being invited to visit a Naropa University Class 6 months after graduating
Naropa University class, 15 women, thee men
Emotions and hysteria, rationality and logic, control and power
Rain and outrage,
Gratitude and confession,
Repression, expression and rage
Dynamics and roles and a question of the stage
The context in which all these things seem to be made
Or at least take form and see the light of day
Our day
Today
Rain and outrage
The question of a stage
And of a story and of who will tell it, who will hear it and who will realize
Gratitude and confession,
And Repression, and expression and rage
…
A circle, sitting
A room with worn shades of green carpeting
A teacher shining with the brightness of age, of wisdom, a life lived with a righteous sort of purpose, burning sage
A circle like a jazz choir
Sharing what they have to offer
Sharing moments and moments
this cold rainy day.