Earth Music

An intricate, richly sensual tune

This tactile, perfumed earth sings

And to the song of sun, sea and moon

All creation its own harmony brings.

The lover sun holds earth in his arms,

The insatiable sea caresses the shore,

The night is besotted by the moon’s charms

And everywhere is the cry for more.

Flowers willingly open for honey bees,

Clouds are the vaporous water’s embrace,

And with earth and sea the insistent breeze

Changingly communes as if face to face.

Thus every creature is entranced

By the music that around them flows

And caught up in this harmony dance

Patterns each intuitively knows.

All these are creatures of the dust

Caught in earth’s scent and song,

Singing and dancing in the way they must

Patterns of desire to which they belong.

Whether in stealth, danger or death,

In grace, beauty or fluttering need,

In savagery or urgent stress,

All fill earth’s rich symphony of seed.

So you and I, who smell the perfumed air,

Are caught and enfolded by this song

And to its great pattern and desire

Our lives in close union belong.

The sounds ringing with rich complexity

Melody upon melody entwine,

And tenderness, love and fidelity

In its high, clear, pure notes shine.

O my love, I in this great world stand

Surrounded by rich music of life,

Sustained in spirit, heart, mind and hand

By you – my partner, joy, soul mate and wife.