WherecanwegofromyourSpirit?Wherecanwefleefromyourpresence?

IfIgoto(yourneighborhood/town):

youarethere.

IfIgouptotheheavens,youaretherewithmeandwithmyneighbors.
Whereinyourneighborhoodisawonderful,enviousplacetobe?
(eg:IfIgotoGrandParkonaleisurelySundaywhenthecherryblossomsareinfullbloomfloatingdown
likewarmsnowasthesunsetsoverPugetSound)

Andwhatisatallplaceinyourneighborhood?
(eg:IfIscalethenewhighriseapartmentbuildingsbringingnewneighborsin)

IfImakemybedinthedepths,youaretherewithmeandwithmyneighbors.
Whereinyourneighborhoodisadark,hard,gritty,difficultplacetobe?
(eg:IfIgotothejailatmidnightwhenprisonersfromtwocountiesarebeingreleased)

Andwhereinyourneighborhoodisaphysicallylowplace?
(eg:IfIclimbeddownintotheraveenatForgottenCreek)

IfIriseonthewingsofthedawn,youaretherewithmeandwithmyneighbors.
Whatisontheeastsideofyourneighborhoodthatyoumightgotohidein/at?
(eg:IfIgoeastofBroadwayandhidemyselfbehindtheQFCwhereneighborsfeedaddictionandthinkthey
havefledyourpresence)

IfIsettleonthefarsideofthesea,eventhereIwillfindyouarealreadypresentandwaitingtoguideand
holdmefast.
(Whatisonthewestsideofyourneighborhoodthatyoumightgotohidein/at?

(eg:IfIgodownthesteephill,overMarineViewDrive,overtherailroadtrackstothevastandwasteland
KimberlyClarkleftsterileandemptywhentheycloseddownshopandlaidoffneighbors).

IfIsay,Surelythedarknesswillhide(yourneighborhood/city):

andthelightbecomenightaroundus,Eventhedarknesswillnotbedarktoyouthenightwillshinelikethe
day,fordarknessisaslighttoyou.

Foryoucreated(yourneighborhood/city):

youkniteachofmyneighborstogetherintheirmotherswombs.

Ipraiseyoubecauseeachofmyneighborsarefearfullyandwonderfullymade
Whoarethepeopleonemighteasilythinkarefearfullyandwonderfullymadeinyourneighborhood?Who
arethefavoredpeople?Whoholdspowerandsway?
(eg:Themayor,aprominentbusinessowner,ahomeownersassociation,renounedlocalartists...)

And,whoarethepeopleonyourneighborhoodonemighthaveahardertimethinkingofasfearfullyand
wonderfullymade?Whomaybemarginalizedordisempoweredbypowersystems)
(eg:Childreninfostercare,singlemomsexperiencingpoverty,peoplewithouthouses,peoplesufferingwith
addiction,peoplewhohavebeenlaidoffrecentlyetc.).

Notoneofmyneighborswasorishiddenfromyouwhentheyweremadeinthesecretplace,whenthey
werewoventogetherinthedepthsoftheearth.

Yourneighborhood/city:

wasnothiddenfromyouWhenitwasmadebothintheopenandsecretbackalleyplacesFromthemoment
thislandtookformtotoday.Howprecioustomeareyourthoughtsof(yourneighborhood):

Howvastisthesumofthem!
WereItocountthem,theywouldoutnumberthegrainsofsand.