Native

We are all natives on this Earth

Holding space for birth

Keeping time at bay

As best as we can.

We hold the ancient vision

Of what is to come

The golden thread of care.

We plant our feet 

In the ground like sturdy trees

With long twisted roots

And pray to the sky 

With uplifted arms

When our hearts are down.

We dare to hope

We dare to soar

On the wings of inspired action

As Earthlings

Dwellers of the Earth

Beyond walls and borders

Of our own making

Into the wild

Into freedom

Into the heart of the cosmos.

We are all natives on this Earth.