ALL LIFE - ALL LIVING

(for Reggie)

All life has voice and sings of itself
A great and resounding song of itself
The choir of life sings “Life!”

Wind and the River
Rain and the Sun
Have voice
And are alive!

The Flowers and the Clover and the Dirt
Have voice
Sing life
And are alive!

Even the Rocks have voice
Sing songs so low and down
Deep in a rumble
And
Close to the ground
Sing life
And are alive!

And the Sky has a voice
Sings blue
Sings gray
Sings cloud
And the Clouds sing cloud
Sing life
And are alive!

The Child and the Man
The Woman and the Child
The two footed
Four footed
Many footed
No footed
Sing
And are Alive!

And the Dust
And the Bones
In the grave
Have a voice
And Death
Has a voice
A whisper and a rattle of life
Takes life, gives life
And is
Alive!

All life has voice and sings of itself
A great and resounding song of itself
The Choir of Life
Sings!