Song Cycle
Poetry by Allen Cohen
Music by Nancy Bloomer Deussen
ã1999 by Nancy Bloomer Deussen and Allen Cohen
Vision
for the new millennium
The World Is A Butterfly's Wing
An awareness arises
from within the
mind
where God hides
waiting to be called,
whispering hauntingly
"Come deeper, find
me!
The world is a butterfly's
wing.
Be gentle and come
deeper."
Decoding Spring
There is an intelligence
that impels flowers
to bud
encoded in every
cell of the tree.
The code says, "I
will flower-
I will leaf. I will
fruit. I will seed
and I will create
more of me.
I will breathe C02.
I will use the light and heat of the sun
and I will be.
I will provide
the nectar of the flower,
the sweet fruit and the shade of my leaves.
I will breathe out
Oxygen
and countless beings
will be created and flourish
and they will be
healed and nourished by me.
They will help spread
my essence and preserve
me -
my plan is perfect.
Through this giving
with this constant
beauty
through these endless
creations
in the hidden world
of my seed
nesting in the dark
passivity of the earth
there will be a
paradise."
An awareness arises
from within the
mind
where God hides
waiting to be called,
whispering hauntingly
"Come deeper, find
me!
The world is a butterfly's
wing.
Be gentle and come
deeper."
Today, I celebrate
the discovery that
trees return 50
to 75
percent of rainfall
to the atmosphere
by respiration
and evaporation
more than seas
or rivers do when
the rain runs off
bare mountains
or plains into
capillary rivers.
Those wondrous
ancient cultures
that have burned
their forests for
heat
and firing pottery
and disappeared
leaving deserts
in their place!
Now 15,000 acres
of forest a day
are being cut
from the Amazon
and parts of Africa
and Asia
eliminating thousands
of species and diminishing
oxygen and rainfall.
When will we plant
15,000 acres of
trees a day
to bring back dark
forests,
fertility, oxygen,
habitats
for plants and animals
and precious life-giving
rains
before drought and
desert dissolve
more lives and cultures?
We are bound together
earth, air, water,
plants, animals,
humans
one embrace, one
deep,
long timeless breath
in and out; in and
out.
Yet we tear away
from
that all embracing
caress.
An awareness arises
from within the
mind
where God hides
waiting to be called,
whispering hauntingly
"Come deeper, find
me!
The world is a butterfly's
wing.
Be gentle and come
deeper."
The UN at 50
This floating, turning
planet
journeying through
space
on an unknown and
mysterious mission.
We are one planet
- one people - one world.
We need to care
for one another.
Here at home is
love
In our communities
is love.
Across the borders
is love.
Around the world
is love.
This is the planet
whose mission is love.
We have known this
for 2000 years.
As we grow into
the next millennium,
we shall achieve
that goal
THE PLANET OF LOVE
Are we at the beginning
of the turning,
of the yearning
for the dream of unity,
of the dawning sun
of true justice,
of the rising direct
vision of beauty and equality
in each other, in
each race, country, religion,
of healing the wounded
earth?
Is it coming in
the manger, in the compassion
for the poorest,
for the children, for the homeless?
Is it coming through
forgiveness,
through knowledge
applied,
through action that
lifts us all on a wave?
Yes, a wave of love
for the children
through the millennium
with war denied,
with hunger overcome,.
Are we at the beginning
of the turning,
of the yearning
for the dream of unity?
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