Mietzke's Holden Adventure

It is beautiful this village filled with mud and snow
As rivers in the street thaw and freeze throughout the day
Creating patterns on the ground
It is beautiful, this village, with people drumming and dancing
for a promise, for hope
These people that make up this village are glorious with colored eggs and reaching arms
With a willingness to serve others with such kindness
This village is beautiful in its struggle for truth
In its desire for connection
In its ability to love through conflict
In its forgiveness and letting go
of the large and the small
The village is business and respite
It is creative and lethargic
It is awake and sleeping
It is a party and a curl upon an old couch by the fire
It is lonely and abundant in connection
Convenient and inconvenient
It is faith and the lingering question
It is a living duality
It is changing moment to moment
Day to day
This village is beautiful