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You have selected: I AM YOUR MOTHER (Earth Prayer) (words by Shirley Erena Murray) from the Ron Klusmeier Anthology. Subscribers may download arrangements using the links in the right hand column. Log in at left (first link beneath "The Catalogue") to activate the columns on the right.
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Lyrics:
I am your mother: do not neglect me!
Children protect me, I need your trust;
my breath is your breath, my death is your death,
ashes to ashes, dust into dust.
I am your nurture: do not destroy me!
Love and enjoy me, savor my fruit;
my good is your good, my food is your food,
water and flower, branches and root.
I am your lodging: do not abuse me!
Tenderly use me, soothing my scars;
my health is your health, my wealth is your wealth,
shining with promise, set among stars.
God is our maker: do not deny God,
challenge, defy God, threaten this place:
life is to cherish, care, or we perish!
I am your mother, tears on my face.
Author / Composer Comments
• Author Shirley Erena Murray, from her book Every Day in Your Spirit (Hope Publishing Co., 1996, No. 16): “Living in New Zealand, with its ‘green’ culture and Maori creation stories, I feel strongly about the ‘theology of the earth’. This is written in the first person to compel attention.”