LET THIS BE A VOICE

We should remember that if the efforts to suppress the votes people won't be the only ones to suffer. We are the voices of the rivers, trees, flowers, fish, great whales,  and most especially the children. We have to speak for those who either cannot speak or who are lost in all the shouting. Here's a little play on a verse "Be still and know that I AM." The child alone on the border/ The fish driven away by a sea on fire? The butterflies? The birds? The trees? The Earth itself? Near as I can tell John Denver not only sang it he wrote it. 

LET THIS BE A VOICE

There is a river that runs from the mountains
That one river is all rivers
All rivers are that one

There is a tree that stands in the forest
That one tree is all forests
All trees are that one

There is a flower that blooms in the desert
That one blossom is all flowers
All flowers are that one

There is a bird that sings in the jungle
That one song is all music
All songs are that one

It is the song of life
It is the flower of faith
It is the tree of temptation
It is the river of no regret

There is a child that cries in the ghetto
That one child is all children
All children are that one

There is a vision that shines in the darkness
That one vision is all of our dreams

It is a vision of heaven
It is a child of promise
It is the song of life
It is the river of no regret

Let this be a voice for the mountains
Let this be a voice for the river
Let this be a voice for the forest
Let this be a voice for the flowers
Let this be a voice for the ocean
Let this be a voice for the desert
Let this be a voice for the children
Let this be a voice for the dreamers
Let this be a voice of no regret

John Denver