call of the mother

The wings of your love

Cover me in protection

Using my imagination

I sense your caring presence so close

As near as a breath of wind

The forces that severed us from loving the earth

Of life and of our embodied selves

Were far too powerful in the past

But now we must make sure

That we remember to ground

And restore the lost connections

As deep in every cell of our being

We sense the closeness of you

As well as the souls of the ancestors

Our indigenous people

Carve their stories into the trees

But only after seeking their permission

We must stop the travesty that split us off

From nature

For our mother is calling us home

And we will find no true peace or rest

Until we listen to

And heed her call