✫ Of the Earth
the answer
teach your children
the crossing
arise
stream of life
worship this world
little tree
seashore
o sweet spontaneous
when despair grows
to a butterfly
o nature
it was passed
colours of light
harvest hymn
song of the wave
beech trees petition
the first jasmines
away from us
wet grass of morning
o child beside the waterfall
now is come the month
come away
miracles
sioux prayer
the answer
lies somewhere
amid birdsong -
the thrush
and the meadowlark
singing the sunrise
the answer
lies somewhere
amid wildflowers -
jewelweed
and Queen Anne's lace
ascending
bright terraces
of summer
the answer
lies somewhere
along the ocean shore -
wave after wave
piling blue-green
and glistening
across the golden slant
of sunset sand
the answer
lies somewhere
amid the stars
drifting
on eternal course
to stations
of bright destiny -
and then , by love's strong call,
back again
~ by Charles B Tinkham ~