NANCY WOOD

EARTH PRAYERS

 
 

My brother the star, my mother the earth,

My father the sun, my sister the moon

to my life give beauty, toa my body give strength,

to my work give goodness, to my house give peace,

to my spirit give truth, to my elders give wisdom.

We must pray for strength.

We must pray to come together.

Pray to the weeping earth,

pray to the trembling waters

and to the wandering rain.

We must pray to the whispering moon,

pray to the tip-toeing stars.

and to the hollering sun.

 

Earth Prayers from Around the WorldHarper and San FranciscoEdited by Eilzabeth Roberts and Elias AmidonC, 1991p. 174