Life rhythms,
nature’s seasons,
there are times when nature
calls us
to an urgency to act.
Other times it
sings us
a lullaby
to sleep
only to wake us
with the chirping of dawn,
to begin anew.

Christi Ortiz is a licensed marriage and family therapist by profession and a poet by passion. She enjoys trying to put to words to that which is wordless and give voice to the dynamic and wild spiritual journey called life. She lives in Spokane with her husband and two children, Emmanuel and Grace. She loves the outdoors and meditating in the early mornings which gives rise to her poetry.