Wrinkles,..thank-you. {Why a Village? Reason #3(or maybe #1)}By:Kat Sol.

{A thought on getting older, wrinkles, my Elders, and their role in a Village.}

Bring on the listening.
Bring on the decorations that give me my five minutes to say how I might help..
There on my face, where they're stamped like a backstage pass to see the Rainbow's end..
Where my Elders can see, as I smile, that I am nearing their circle to listen,..and one day speak.
I welcome these fancy little badges of recognition.
And,..I welcome their wearers and appreciators too!
Gather your sacred, wrinkle-gilded unto the Village Hearth!
We build a Village to honor them !!
Because we need a place to keep near and to know our Elders!
Before we lose the chance to glean Knowledge of the Mistakes,
..and the Story of Kindness from them..
And then, we can share in OUR joys and accomplishments also,..to tell and to SHOW OUR
Story of Kindness to them will be part of why we're all there!!
We cannot hope to sustain without the wisdom of time that has been so kind as to do so much of the figuring ahead by it's sheer example of living.
Elders,..you are Welcome.
Namaste`