Rise the Sun

by ruth gordon

I came up with this song in Oaxaca, Mexico, while sitting in a tree. It's a prayer to the Earth and the waters, for humans to remember how to live in loving interconnection with other forms of life.

Rise the sun and set the moon

Walk a long way but come home soon

Roll the river over and through

to the shifting tides, to the deep deep blue

And may the mountains stand strong and tall

May the valleys grow green, may the rain fall

May the sun give way to a starry sky

May we learn to live, may we learn to die