Song for Earthweal

 

Cox Bay, Tofino

photo by Warren Rudd

Let me sing a song of the earth

on this blue-sky morning,

the world green and bright

outside my window.

I will beat my drum

in time with the heartbeat

of the earth mother;

I will walk on the shore

in tune with the song of the waves.

There is a crack running through

this perfection I see; humankind

creating discord, disharmony.

Mother Earth offers healing,

but we can't find our way.

We think we are driving the bus,

don't see it carrying us away

from the time when everything was one,

when the earth and all its creatures

were beautiful and  young.

I take up my pen, think of

every song I've ever sung.

Let me learn to speak

the language of cloud, of sky,

of wolf and whale, of the green,

green hills. Let me learn to speak

the language of you and I.

for earthweal where we are contemplating Earthcraft, the work of restoring earthly perfection through craft. With thanks to Brendan, who provides this forum for informed folk who care about the earth, where we can share our words and our concerns.