“Cycles and Seasons”
Fall Equinox
By
Toni Truesdale
The
recurrence of the seasons continue to encircle our lives,
Just
as it gave celebrations to our ancestors.
Spring
Equinox, Summer Solstice,
Fall
Equinox, and Winter Solstice
Mark
those passages in a yearly cycle all over the world.
We
have learned to plant food and medicines
According
to the agricultural calendar.
We
dance in a circle to celebrate the planting,
Harvesting,
and the storing of food.
Buildings,
monuments, and spiritual spaces have been built
To
align with the celestial movements that determine
The
four seasons at the point of each transition.
“Harvest”
Fall
Equinox
Corn
to the Americas is a sacred staple,
Native
farmers cultivated over 500 varieties before 1492.
Tomatoes,
beans, potatoes,
Chocolate,
chili, squash, peppers
Avocado,
vanilla, cashews, blueberries..
Are
just a few foods from indigenous gardens.
Foods
of the Americas feed the world.
T.
Truesdale copyright 2005
