HEARING SOUNDS
HEARING SOUNDS
TODAY I WALK DOWN ROCK AND STONE ROADS
WHERE TIME ALWAYS TAKES ITS TIME
IN A COUNTRY CALLED BELIZE
AS I WALK AND GLIDE AMONG THE ROCKS AND STONES
EACH ROCK AND STONE HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY
WALK SLOWLY AND LISTEN
AS YOU PASS EACH ROCK AND STONE
EACH FROM DIFFERENT LIVES
BUT LISTEN TO THOSE SOUNDS
FROM A PEOPLE FROM LONG AGO
THEY ARE SAYING SOMETHING
LISTEN EACH AND EVERY STEP
THEY ARE SAYING EVERYTHING IS GROWING
LOOK TO THE MOUNTAINS
THEN LOOK TO THE SKIES
THEY ARE MOVING QUICKLY
NOW PEOPLE MOVING QUICKLY
PEOPLE LOOKING AT OTHER PEOPLE
BUT NOT LISTENING, EACH AND EVERY STEP
THE ROCKS AND THE STONES HAVE SOMETHING MORE TO SAY
THESE PEOPLE HAVE A LONG HISTORY
THEY HAVE MORE TO SAY
THE PEOPLE HAVE SOME THING IN COMMON
THESE ROCKS AND STONES ARE ANCESTERS TO EACH OTHER
THEY SHARE THE LIFE AND DEATH
NOW THE SKIES ARE CRYING
NOW THE SKIES ARE SCREAMING, IN PAIN
TELLING YOU TO LISTEN EACH AND EVERY STEP
THE SKIES AND THE MOUNTAINS ALWAYS SEE US GROWING
SO LISTEN EACH AND EVERY STEP
SOMEDAY THE ROCKS AND STONES WAIT FOR YOU
Joseph A DeVoe 2006
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