This picture was posted on my FB page through a link with Spiritual Ecology's page. I like to think my Singer might look a little like this. This piece was loosely inspired by the hymn God of the Sparrow God of the Whale. Very loosely. Because when I tried to rework it into prose this was the result. And I'm not entirely sure I was working alone. This happens sometimes and I've learned to just go with it when it happens.
You are the Singer and all of Creation is the Song. When You
sang the Song of Creation there was a part for twittering sparrows and for the
songs of the great whales. There was a line for the apple trees and another for
the dogwoods. Towering oaks can sing a duet with daylilies. Redwoods may
provide harmony with the songs of spruce and pine. Rippling brooks provide the
soprano to the bass of waves crashing against the basalt headlands of the
Northwest. And oh, the songs of the stars. Those dancing stars are a symphony
by themselves. As they should be since the elements that built the world were
born in the hearts of blazing suns.
You sang a living world into being. But we are reminded that
life means change and once power is unleashed we may not be able to stand
against the storm. Rolling fields today may play hosts to earthquakes tomorrow.
Skies that are peaceful and blue today may be filled with rain, sleet or snow
next week. The spring breezes that filled the air with the whisper of pine
branches yesterday may be replaced by a tempest that rips the branches from
their trunks when winter blizzards howl. Protect us all, from sparrows to
whales when the winds rage and the earth shakes.
Your Song has verses not only for the rich, but for the
poor. For the hungry as well as for those who are filled. Help us to care for
those who need it. Help us to be thankful for what we have. For a song filled
with harmony, not discord.
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