Background: Erin Farrell Salva began writing in high school. She selected Kenyon College for its renowned writing program and was published in the student poetry journal: Hika. Life interests in music and the use of music as a therapeutic tool led Erin into the field of special education. Although currently working as an administrator in higher education, Erin still uses music, storytelling and sign language in school, library and college programs. These programs are designed to celebrate the diversity of life. Her performing arts venture is listed in the Children's Music Network as Voices of the Earth. Erin is currently coordinator of Disability Services at Kenyon College and works as a part-time instructor at Kent State University, offering classes in Environmental Education and the Literary Arts to teachers for continuing education credit. Erin Farrell Salva (efs) can be reached at: pax2all@gmail.com.
Faith Community Garden
by Erin Farrell Salva

This small space we occupy in time
Is moored in dreams.
Like a tree planted and nurtured near the
Waters edge…there,
Bridges ford the troubled waters of our souls
While lives marred with stumbling
Stones, march on
And time, measured in footsteps,
Leads into places of abundant unknowing.

Somewhere a bird sings, a tree buds,
The spirit moves
As fast as the winds racing through an open field…
A garden takes root
And an irreconcilable beauty stirs within.
GOD in her infinite wisdom waits
The dream seed.
The sacred birth so ripe with promise
It cannot contain one single place or purpose
Sanctified solely for us. . .it is
In this commUnity of trust
That we are healed, forgiven,
Whole/again.



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