From the recording Ancestors
Another visit to Moab, climbing in the hills to see petroglyphs, I could feel space & time sliding. We stand on the shoulders of our ancestors, all our ancestors, all our relations.
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Ancestors (2024)
watermark moon in the turquoise sky
here in the canyon crows wing by
carved in rock – art of my
ancestors - ancestors
far from my green and ancient bog
bark of a fox in the silver fog
softness encloses Tir-na-Nog
ancestors -ancestors
Where did you get your red hair?
Where your hazel eyes?
Where the hope that drives your dreams
The stubbornness of steel that lies –
within you
I see your Hunter, I see your Deer
See Great Spirit looming near
Shield and guard and guide us here
ancestors - ancestors
Let this vision shape my days
work and eat and love and pray
honouring the Blessing Way – of the
ancestors – ancestors