{"id":5317,"date":"2018-07-31T19:28:36","date_gmt":"2018-07-31T19:28:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/earthempaths.net\/wp\/?p=5317"},"modified":"2018-08-01T21:59:42","modified_gmt":"2018-08-01T21:59:42","slug":"elephant-song-by-ben-bushill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/earthempaths.net\/?p=5317","title":{"rendered":"Elephant Song by Ben Bushill"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Elliot Witheart
\nPublished on Feb 28, 2011
\nA Master Peace written and read by a friend, “Ben Bushill”, with music by Ellen Molnia and Thomas Falk.<\/p>\n

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\nSong for the Elephant<\/strong><\/p>\n

Great grey god,<\/p>\n

The canyons on your back<\/p>\n

Carry the dust and darkness of a lifetimes wandering.<\/p>\n

Nomad child<\/p>\n

Clay and sunlight<\/p>\n

Earth and hope.<\/p>\n

Your presence here sends me tumbling into the mystery,<\/p>\n

I am carried by the endless brown sea<\/p>\n

Of your eye<\/p>\n

Into the story of my own birth,<\/p>\n

And the song of death.<\/p>\n

I would lay down this nomad’s body with the great white bones<\/p>\n

Of your ancestors and have my body turn to red earth<\/p>\n

Under that mythical sun.<\/p>\n

Not for me this long life of civilized death<\/p>\n

For I am riding on your spreading back<\/p>\n

Into a dawn of my own<\/p>\n

And the rose dust sky is as wide as forever.<\/p>\n

And for bearing me<\/p>\n

I give you thanks<\/p>\n

And whisper some of my own secrets into that silent cave<\/p>\n

Where all pasts are remembered as echo songs<\/p>\n

And all futures dissolve<\/p>\n

Into a thick pounding wave of blood<\/p>\n

Washing out from a heart<\/p>\n

Of red dust and quiet starlight<\/p>\n

Flood<\/p>\n

Somehow a page turns<\/p>\n

And beauty is revealed<\/p>\n

Remembered.<\/p>\n

The deep hands of love<\/p>\n

Open their fingers<\/p>\n

To free the dove that<\/p>\n

Soars from the heart<\/p>\n

Toward the infinite perfection<\/p>\n

Of this simple life.<\/p>\n

This simple life<\/p>\n

Where miracle is the essence<\/p>\n

Of every stitch in the tapestry of time and feeling.<\/p>\n

The dance unfolds across worlds<\/p>\n

Worlds upon worlds,<\/p>\n

My feet tread the earth<\/p>\n

My tears fall on the page<\/p>\n

Love sweeps through me<\/p>\n

And the waves takes all in its arms<\/p>\n

Crushing, turning, soothing<\/p>\n

Endless grace, lost and longed for<\/p>\n

Nourishes the dry corners of forgetfulness<\/p>\n

As the water rushes<\/p>\n

Across the desert floor<\/p>\n

And life awakens in every cell,<\/p>\n

Frogs hear the call of their birth<\/p>\n

And celebrate the rain<\/p>\n

Flowers spring forth from doubt<\/p>\n

And the whole vibrant, impossible<\/p>\n

Infinite universe<\/p>\n

Turns green in wonder<\/p>\n

As my heart knows once again<\/strong><\/p>\n

the reason for my birth<\/strong><\/p>\n

The bear<\/p>\n

Lie with me<\/p>\n

And I will hold you<\/p>\n

With the round, deliberate presence of a bear.<\/p>\n

Bury your head in my fur<\/p>\n

And I will rest my claws on your soft back<\/p>\n

And when you listen to the sigh of my breath<\/p>\n

And feel the rising and falling of my great chest<\/p>\n

You will know what it is<\/p>\n

To be held by the animal green<\/p>\n

Of the world.<\/p>\n

In total rest,<\/p>\n

In warm blooded silence.<\/p>\n

And those who saw your closed eyes<\/p>\n

Could be forgiven for thinking you dead<\/p>\n

With the peace soaked so deeply into you skin<\/p>\n

But the smile upon your lips<\/p>\n

And the light about your face<\/p>\n

Tell the story of the earth<\/p>\n

And that story<\/p>\n

Is a story of life and wonder<\/p>\n

That story is written on our bones<\/p>\n

For us to read<\/p>\n

Again and again<\/p>\n

As we drop into the peace of the world<\/p>\n

And the light of remembrance<\/p>\n

Unfolds in hearts<\/p>\n

Crafted from the dark, sweet soil<\/p>\n

and sung into life<\/p>\n

by the endless voice<\/p>\n

Of the source of love.<\/p>\n

So thank you Ben for sharing this with Me and the world, which is the whole and self renewing source and destination of love<\/p>\n

http:\/\/cozomiya.wordpress.com\/2010\/09..<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The rest of the CD is available at: http:\/\/www.klicktrack.com\/klicktrack\/..<\/a>.
\nOr You can buy a physical copy directly from Ben via Email bushillben@yahoo.co.uk<\/a>
\nAnd I really urge you to support Ben and Yourself and buy the CD, its truly marvelous.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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