earth, teach me...

Earth teach me quiet ~ as the grasses are still with new light.
Earth teach me suffering ~ as old stones suffer with memory.
Earth teach me humility ~ as blossoms are humble with beginning.
Earth teach me caring ~ as mothers nurture their young.
Earth teach me courage ~ as the tree that stands alone.
Earth teach me limitation ~ as the ant that crawls on the ground.
Earth teach me freedom ~ as the eagle that soars in the sky.
Earth teach me acceptance ~ as the leaves that die each fall.
Earth teach me renewal ~ as the seed that rises in the spring.
Earth teach me to forget myself ~ as melted snow forgets its life.
Earth teach me to remember kindness ~ as dry fields weep with rain.

An Ute Prayer

to SEA the hand...

It is a curious situation that 

the sea,

from which life first arose, 

should now

be threatened

by the

activities of 

one form
of that
life.

the chance...

We stand now where two roads diverge. 

But unlike the roads in Robert Frost's 

familiar poem, they are not equally fair. 

The road we have long been traveling 

is deceptively easy, a smooth superhighway 

on which we progress with great speed,

but at its end lies disaster. 

The other fork of the road -- 

the one less traveled by -- 

offers our last, 

our only chance 

to reach a destination 

that assures 

the preservation 

of the earth. 

-MU-

THE BLACK REIGN...

oh, the black rains came
and the ocean’s in flames
      
the blood poured down
from those that drowned

red clay turned ebony dark
blue green crystals lost their mark

rainbow colors run and hide      
tryin’ to get away from the genocide

mother’s gut grows and grows
soon be birthin’ big black crows

moanin’ and groanin’ lettin’ out a howl
her water breaks and comes out foul

but nothin’ will hold her spreadin’ girth
bigger and bigger ‘bout to give birth

big ole cracks in her birthin’ bed
but ain’t nothin’ to us nobody’s said

she didn’t want it to go this way
but mother had nowhere else to stay

and so it is the demon child is born
with money and lies it’s adorned

then the doors of hell gonna open wide
and blast and spew its noxious insides

and waves of greed will hit the land
leavin’ nothin’ there not even the sand

just wonderin’ now who’s to blame
ever’body’s tryin’ to save their name

nothin’ on earth ever the same
playin and losin’ that little oil game
  
black tears pour from the gods on high  
time for accountin’ drawin’ nigh

yeah, the earth eats itself inside out
we all know what that’s about

now, BP, don’t look at me all tongue-tied
you can run but where you gonna hide?

you - and all the others like you

you haven't a clue 

where ARE you gonna hide?
where?

take off your shoes and let down your hair...

and

forget not

that the

EARTH

delights to feel

your bare feet

and the

WINDS

long to

play with

your hair