O! Be!

O! Be!
Be and be again!
Eternally born!
Everyday after everyday
Placing our soft pads callouses feet on the earth wood carpet floor
Saying Thank You:
The trees nevertheless forever green while drinking water stolen into private ownership
The children nevertheless forever fed despite beliefs in the usefulness of poverty and famine:
The men forever tenderers of the hearth bearing the weight of swords and stories
The women forever powerful on the land bearing herbs and philosophies
The communities forever gracious making poetry, dance and ecstasy
The children forever-born-to-morning greeting the wombs of dusk
The teachers forever catching raindrops with open mouths
And our great forever aging elders forever playing drums in our consciousness.
O! Be and be known!
What the elders and the children and the true teachers forever know:
     We born creating
           As is the Eternal Forever Watcher seeing us form within our everyday after
                everyday hearts
           As the forever children are equal adventurers with the elders, in whom
                within all the egg is always awakening.
O! B!
Be and be again!
Yet, again!

Copyright © 2011 James Lawer