Children of the Earth

 Where Do I Start

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, and those in between we the Sky People have been seeing

 a drought on your planet, floods here and there

We stare in disbelief

For as a planet your practices are unsustainable

But my dears a change in the climate is attainable

By change in the climate being attainable, we are referring to the almighty you

For my dears we want to make it perfectly clear presently you are all in arrears

As in you are behind the eight ball so to speak

And as you peak around the curve

You feel you’re meant to swerve in a giant arc

For you feel you need to do your part

But many of you say WHERE DO I START

 

Among You

My dears we are laying out our hands to you

For we come from a land of change, we come from a land of rearrangement

For we too at one time were among you

For we too had practices that you saw as being normal

Well, there is nothing normal about what is taking place

For it is in your face, it is in your lungs

The heat that drives you back

The fires that make breathing difficult

 

Change Your Focus

 You watch in fear

Well, my dears, you are like a deer in the headlights frozen in place

For you would like to trace a new future

For the past has cast the line

And this line has brought with it much change

Well, my dears you can rearrange your patterns

As in change your focus

 

Just Around the Corner

 Your species has the answer at the tip of her tongue

But my dears we want to make perfectly clear, you are not quite there yet

Those who are searching, those who are researching

Need your help

For the answer to your wishes is just around the corner

 Cast a Bright Light

Now ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls and those in between, we are seeing many of you wanting to go back to normal whatever that is

You want to go back to the past

Well my dear the past has passed

You have a future staring you in the face

And you can interlace what the future shows you

Or feel like you are graced to fall back to the patterns of the past

The patterns of the past have cast a bright light

And this bright light my dears is coming to you in the form of fire

Know the earth is not conspiring against you, she is calling out for your help

So are the kelp fields, so are the trees

So is the coral

So is the coral, so are the seas

My dear we do not want to see you on your knees not at all

But we have been calling out to you for some time now

We will continue the call, but with greater urgency

 

Where Do You Belong

Ladies and gentlemen, the Standing Ones want your attention

We are a species that you need

But my dears you cannot continue to proceed in the manner in which you are presently right now

For my dears our species is not sustainable

If you want to attain a certain set of balance

You need to refrain from over-foresting

 

Wisdom Keepers

And you need to refrain from cutting down all of our elders

For the elders are the wisdom keepers

The elders are the senders of wisdom

The have survived many a year

 And it would appear they pass on what they have

Therefore, my dear we want to make it perfectly clear, we are here for you every step of the way

But like everything there must be a give and take

You cannot continue to rake our forests down

And then be astounded by what happens next

For we the Standing Ones have an integral, and interdependent relationship with the soil, with the animals with the ocean

You see my dear, we want to make it perfectly clear, we are here for a purpose

 

We Are a Part of You

We are not separate from you, we are a part of you

Therefore, what you do to us you do to yourselves

Therefore, my dears shelve the idea of taking us all down

We will continue to be around for many a year, but let us be clear if all the elders of our species

Are gone where do you belong

 

Cold Waters

The Fishes call out to you

For they need the shade of the tree

For to lay their eggs they need cold waters

Do you see

Now as well the trees hold in nutrients

Do you see

 

We are There for You

 We the Fishes plead with thee

Cut down the numbers that you take please, please, please

And please stop raking the bottom of the ocean

For you are disrupting our food source

Do you see

You are disrupting our food source do you see, do you see, do you see

All we ask of you is to take care

For we are there for you

But as with everything there must be a balance

Do you see

 

Cooling Our Hide

The Four Legged also call out to thee

Do you see

For we too depend on the tree

Do you see

The trees provide habitat

Do you see

They provide food as well

Do you see

They provide places to hide

They provide a cooling of our hide

For without trees our water sources disappear

Do you hear

Therefore, my dears please be aware we are here for thee

Do you see

 

Can You Relate

Our numbers are dropping at a drastic rate

This will continue, can you relate

For you can continue, you anticipate

At this rate many of us will be extinct

Know that we are there for you

All we ask of you is to consider us in your choices, consider us in your practices

Do you see

 

Seeing Less of Us

Now also up in the tree are the Feathered Ones

Yes, my sons and my daughters, boys and girls and those in between you are seeing less of us

For as our brother and sister trees disappear, so do we

We need them for our habitat, we need them for a place of comfort, we need them for a place of camouflage, we need them for a place to roost, we need them to keep the water

For they are the water holders; they are the water storage tanks

We give thanks to them each and every day

For as they stay, we stay

Do you see

 

Bugged by Us

We the Creepy Crawlers, we understand that many of you are bugged by us

But we want to review our role in life

For we are a food source for the Feathered Ones, we are a food source for the Fishes too, we are a food source for the Four Legged, we are a food source for even some of you

Our existence is part of the balance

And we too are here for you

We too suggest that you keep the trees

For with the trees a breeze will begin

Now some of us live up high in the tree, some of us live in the middle of the tree, and some of us live in the roots

And some of us only are on the tree once the tree is down

And that way our role is to help break down the tree

Therefore, we want you to see we all have an important role in the balance of life

Do you see

 

All Species Have a Role

Therefore all species all plants have a role

Do you see

And you my dears, we want to make it perfectly clear, are just that one species

Therefore, all of the species on the face of the earth have a purpose, have a plan

Do you understand

Therefore, it is of utmost importance

you understand the need for balance, you understand the need for care

For my dears it’s all about the air that you breathe, it’s all about the water that you drink, it’s all about what you choose to eat, it’s all about what you choose to put in the sink, it’s all about what you choose to cast away, it’s all about what you allow to continue to stay put

Yes, my dears many of your habits affect us all

And all of the species are calling out to you

Please review your practices they are unsustainable

Ages 

For you all are Children of the Earth

For the age of Mother Earth is far beyond any of your ages and therefore you all are Children of the Earth

 

All Mothers

Now Mother Earth is like all mothers who have offspring

As in she is very protective of you

She sends out her love to you each and every day

And many of you feel there is absolutely no way you can ever repay her

for her kindnesses, for her considerations

Well, my dears we want to make it perfectly clear you can make her understand that you do care

You care what she has provided

 

A Skin and a Vessel

Now the Spirit of the Drum as always wants to come to your assistance as well

For the Spirit of the Drum is across all cultures, is across all times

The Spirit of the Drum contains a skin and a vessel

Like many of you, you too are a part of the Spirit of the Drum for you too, have a skin and a vessel

Do you see, do you hear, do you touch, do you smell, do you sense

 

Within Your Heart Center

The Spirit of the Drum is a part of each of you

For the Spirit of the Drum is within your heart center

The beat helps to complete your lifespan

Do you understand

Therefore, any man women and child and those in between understand the scene

You all intuitively understand the drum

You Understand

For when the drum comes to your neighborhood, when the drum comes to your hand

You understand

The beat helps you feel complete

Therefore, the beat and your heart meet

And for many of you the urge to dance in the street

Helps you feel complete

Therefore, allow that beat to meet with your imagination

Allow yourself to feel complete

Mother Earth beats her drum daily

Listen carefully to the beat

Do you hear it, do you feel it, do you see it; there it is

Get up and dance

GET UP AND DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE

DANCE, DANCE, DANCE

BE THE LORD OF THE DANCE, BE THE LORD OF THE DANCE, BE THE LORD OF THE DANCE

DANCE, DANCE, DANCE

 Quiet

Now quiet your mind

Quiet your body, quiet you heart and start to consider the Earth

For Children of the Earth have been birthed for a purpose

You have been birthed to keep the earth in balance

Allow her love to come streaming through

For she my dear is a part of you, you are a part of her

And for this to occur you are one in the same