by Ilari Oba Adeola Fearon,
It is in beauty and wonderwhere meaning is revealedWe stand in melodioussilencenaked and exposedunashamed
When we rushwe are robbedof the passagethe knowingDesigned to discoverthe subtle embraceof a transparent lake
We callfor our dancesgraceful and surein praiseof the awakeningA full-bodied leapinto conversationour heartsunderstand
Adeola is an artist, sacred activist and life coach who practices Yoruba Traditional Spirituality. She is the author of Soul Whisperings…Messages to Activate Compassion, Chair of the United Religions Initiative North America Leadership Council, and Ambassador for the Charlotte Red Bench Garden, an interfaith Cooperation Circle of United Religions Initiative. uri.org Adeola serves as a catalyst to empower, restore dignity and raise consciousness by revealing our common connections. As a servant leader, she has a legacy of advocacy in interfaith understanding, humanitarianism, cultural preservation, arts education, behavioral and mental health.
Adeola has served Charlotte through Leadership Charlotte, Mecklenburg Ministries, Arts & Science Council, Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools, Communities in Schools, Center for Community Transitions, Charlotte Literary Festival, Mecklenburg County Domestic Violence Advisory Board and various local community groups.
“Together...we can renew communal understanding, empower those forgotten and reveal the simple to be the miraculous!”
Poem and lake photograph © 2019 Ilari Oba Adeola Fearon
