From Hollering Sun, 1972, by Nancy Wood
All as it was in this place timeless.
All as it was between the human soul and the earth
For there is no difference between
The life of a man and the life
Of all growing things.
Who is to say if a man
Shall not be a tree instead?
We pray to all of nature and do it no harm.
These are our brothers
All men and all animals and all trees.
Some part of ourselves
Is in earth and sky and everywhere.
It shall continue
As long as nature follows its own purpose.
It shall continue
As long as we know what we are doing here.
