source: Center for Native Peoples
In the long ago,
when the world was young,
Sky Woman fell to earth,
landing on the back of a turtle,
clutching seeds and dreams.
Her (and our) instructions:
to use her gifts for good.
The animals helped her
to make a world.
Plants made food
from seeds and light and water,
and gave it all away
that all might live.
The hole in the sky
through which Sky Woman fell
is still sending beams of light,
bathing we wayward humans,
in an effort to awaken
our remembering.
The light is urging us
to transform this world
back to its beginnings,
when plants, animals and sky
breathed us into the world,
and everything was one.
We are being asked
to remember:
we are all
Sky Woman's people.
Yet so few listen so few care. Touching poem, Sherry.
ReplyDeleteIf only we could remember! It feels like only a handful of us do. This is well said and beautifully written.
ReplyDeleteA gift indeed! A weighty gift. I hope more and more people are willing to receive the task.
ReplyDeleteSkywoman is repaid in full here! All you can do is pass it on. - Brendan
ReplyDeleteYes, I remember...we were given a gift to be cherished.
ReplyDeleteA beautiful tale of Sky Woman, Sherry, clutching seeds and dreams, the best gifts. I love the old legends which have continued among the ancient peoples, precious gifts that must be passed down to younger generations so that they are not forgotten and encourage them to ‘transform this world / back to its beginnings, / when plants, animals and sky / breathed us into the world, / and everything was one’. It’s not too much to ask for, is it?
ReplyDeleteChildren know this instinctively. If you expose them to nature, they flourish and nourish. Yet somehow we forget. Lovely hymn to Sky Woman.
ReplyDeleteYes, the world needs transformation. Not sure we will see it in our lifetimes but it would be good at least to see the tide has turned even a bit in a positive direction.
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful story. The light is still there, waiting.
ReplyDeleteYes Yes Yes
ReplyDeleteA poem of hope, Sherry...and that's a gift.
ReplyDeleteJIM