The wind blows where it pleases
You hear its sound
See its effect
The tribal dances of grass-covered ground
You hear its sound
See its effect
The tribal dances of grass-covered ground
But who can master the wind
It will not bow or break
Its course unknown
No seer to divine the path it takes
It will not bow or break
Its course unknown
No seer to divine the path it takes
So it is with the Child of Spirit
The tree well-rooted drinks from the stream
You see its towering bough
Rest under its shade
Which the ancient shelter freely endows
You see its towering bough
Rest under its shade
Which the ancient shelter freely endows
What worry can overcome this rooted citadel
No heat will cause it fear
And its fruit
Lush and succulent every age, every year
No heat will cause it fear
And its fruit
Lush and succulent every age, every year
So blessed are those planted by the Gardner
Diverse natures inhabiting the earth
Grow an echo in my soul
A singular spirit
Resounding two calls of nature old
Grow an echo in my soul
A singular spirit
Resounding two calls of nature old
A nature of root
A nature of wing
One instinct to plant
Another to fly free
A nature of wing
One instinct to plant
Another to fly free
Wisdom, you maiden of old
And one created before I,
Your whisper ancient
Seeds the thought of green leaves dancing in mid-July
And one created before I,
Your whisper ancient
Seeds the thought of green leaves dancing in mid-July
You would have me sprout from rich earth
Dig deep into nutritious soil
Extend to dark reaches
Solid and immovable; in one forest to live and toil
Dig deep into nutritious soil
Extend to dark reaches
Solid and immovable; in one forest to live and toil
And Spirit, one more ancient still
You who glided over the waters,
The sky is your son
Each bird and breeze your daughter
You who glided over the waters,
The sky is your son
Each bird and breeze your daughter
By your irresistible zephyr and gale
I am propelled to peoples unknown
To lands unseen
Distant horizons further still than my own
I am propelled to peoples unknown
To lands unseen
Distant horizons further still than my own
Wisdom, she speaks of root
Spirit, it lifts my wing
One instructs toward founded home
The other moves me to endless roam
Spirit, it lifts my wing
One instructs toward founded home
The other moves me to endless roam
Despite my contention of mind and heart
Wisdom and Spirit are kin
Leaf dances only by aid
Every sparrow needs a branch to nest in
Wisdom and Spirit are kin
Leaf dances only by aid
Every sparrow needs a branch to nest in
Despite the war of my soul
Wisdom can never betray
Or Spirit mislead
No harm in the choice to select one way
Wisdom can never betray
Or Spirit mislead
No harm in the choice to select one way
And also, no decision of path can bind,
With chain too strong,
A permanence of way
A style to which one eternally belong
With chain too strong,
A permanence of way
A style to which one eternally belong
Wisdom, here too, she sings her truth:
Weep not for sights unseen
Nor for road untraveled
Only love, my friend, and sit by me.
Weep not for sights unseen
Nor for road untraveled
Only love, my friend, and sit by me.
And Spirit, in wisdom, teaches:
Look not back to familiar hearth
Nor toward future home
Wind, my child, carries the seed to its plot of earth.
Look not back to familiar hearth
Nor toward future home
Wind, my child, carries the seed to its plot of earth.
So now I will learn from each
Spirit can carry me on
to Wisdom’s home
Carried, by wing, to take root within distant furtive lawn
Spirit can carry me on
to Wisdom’s home
Carried, by wing, to take root within distant furtive lawn
Though lesson learned a struggle remains
Am I now in the forest of Wisdom
Or will Spirit stir again
Am I now in the forest of Wisdom
Or will Spirit stir again