Long have I betrayed you my Mother
my shame hangs upon my shoulders
the yoke of a thousand troubled souls
I was schooled in ignorance and destruction
I followed the path of injury
now my tears fall like a summer storm
upon the arid land of my neglect
I feel the pain I've caused
the-spirit-that-moves-through-all-things
has awakened me to an earlier day
For many winters ago
I walked in your grace
I nurtured your sacred grounds
Was that a dream?
Or is this the age of illusion?
Oh Mother Earth
restore my memory
of the sacred ways
I loved and cared for you
Weave my soul through the fabric of time
bring your ways back to me
that I may walk in beauty again
and ensure your gifts
for generations unborn
