Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Shall I Sing?


What song shall I sing this morning?
Shall I sing of the sky
And the wonders above me,
Of the night and day,
The sun, moon, and stars?
Shall I sing of the wind,
The clouds and rain falling
Onto the desert?
Or shall I sing of the earth,
Core, mantle, and crust,
Of the rocks pushed up into mountains,
fractured, crumbling, eroding
Into the sand, silt, and clay
beneath my feet?
Shall I sing of the oceans
Blue cradle of life
Spawning storms,
Breathing for us all?
Shall I sing for life?
Shall I sing for my green brothers,
Tiny algae, grasses, and sequoias,
That grow to cover the earth
With a green blanket,
A garment that captures sunlight
For all that live?
Shall I sing for my creature brothers,
They who live and crawl, run and jump,
Swim and fly,
Build and court and mate and play,
And then sleep
Upon the earth,
Beneath the sky?
Shall I sing for my brothers and sisters
Living and singing
Like me?
Shall I sing for myself?
Shall I sing?


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