"When the roots are deep,
there is no reason to fear the wind."
African proverb
Can you hear it?
Whispers on the wind, sighing through
the upraised arms of Grandfather Cedar,
singing along the burbling creek,
in the ocean's reassuring roar:
Change is on the wind.
Can you feel it?
It is a knowing in your heart,
a presence, that informs:
Now is the hour.
The ancient forest knows,
and breathes its message:
The drums of change
are beating across the land.
Are you ready?
Every cell of your body already knows
that you were born for this moment in time.
Your many lifetimes hold the cellular memory
of how to live upon the land.
This is why these times are
so painful to you.
Follow the songlines of the ancestors,
etched upon your heart,
and the drumbeats of the young warriors.
They will bring you safely home.
For my prompt at Earthweal: Beating the Drums of Change
Wonderful......
ReplyDeleteI wonder if that wind is felt by people yet... it is probably silenced by cushions of lie
ReplyDeleteOh, I on't know! But I hear the questions, and that is a beginning!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful, hypnotic words, woven wonderfully throughout. THIS IS POETRY!
ReplyDeletePowerful and hopeful, I love the repeating questions that move the heart here Sherry! I also love the idea of every cell already knowing.
ReplyDeleteI have the radical hope that drumming is umbilical even when the human experiment aborts. Something will grow over the graves of the takers.- Brendan
ReplyDeleteLove this Sherry. Your heart, your drum, your love of mother nature is so beautifully expressed in your words.
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