Blessing on All Walkers
Blessing on All Walkers
by Suzanne Doerge | Ottawa, Canada
Sunrise through praying eucalyptus
you are forgiven
A sparrow sings sweet high in the tree
walk in peace
Mist whispers in the fields
walk softly on the Earth
Bubbles tumble into laughing streams
love all walkers as yourself
Emerald green reveals itself on other side
of the shadowed tunnel
walk toward the improbable
and make it possible
Editor’s note: This poem is from Doerge’s collection, Footfalls: Poems of the Camino (Shanti Arts Publishing, 2022). Find a review of that collection in the Winter 2023 (page 36) La Concha. Other poems by Doerge have appeared in the Summer 2022 (page 32), Autumn 2023 (page 13), Winter 2024 (page 46), Spring 2024, Summer 2024, Autumn 2024, and Winter 2025 issues of La Concha.
