Earth Teach me Stillness

From War Cry on a Prayer Feather, 1979, by Nancy Wood

Earth teach me stillness As the grasses are stilled with 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 the mother who secures her young. Earth teach me courage As the tree which stands all alone. Earth teach me limitation As the ant who crawls on the ground. Earth teach me freedom As the eagle who soars in the sky. Earth teach me resignation As the leaves which die in the fall. Earth teach me regeneration As the seed which rises in 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.