through the giant trees, dapples the sidewalk where I pass
to the narrow streets, autumn, darting from one dark place to another to make my way to kindergarten. There, the globe the teacher holds beckons, “follow" - to another world, waiting for me. ---Mary Elyn Bahlert, January, 2024
City light, Oakland, 1/2024, photo: Mary Elyn Bahlert
I am a spiritual seeker, a seeker who has "taken a drink from many cups." I love to accompany others on the deeper journey to witness to their True Self. Now a writer, photographer and poet, I have retired from full-time ministry as a pastor in downtown Oakland, CA.
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