Contemplative in the Mud

The Unexpected Way

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Benjamin Embley

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I’d thought
While gazing on green maple leaves
Of how I’d keep connected to
Creation and Creator
When comes the time that leaves fall
But now
No smells, dulled sounds, life seen through glass
A chill has seeped throughout the house
This touch, sweet proof, connection
—Far deeper than the skin

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Benjamin Embley

With backgrounds in engineering (BSc PhD) and philosophy (MA), Ben has lived and worked in England, France, and Thailand and is now back home as a settler in the unceded traditional territory of the Wabanaki peoples in Canada. He is a Laudato Si’ Animator and currently studying an MTS Peace & Justice in Reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples.

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