A Witch Alone: Thirteen moons to master natural magic. Marian Green

       SONG OF THE ALL-MOTHER

      I am the Mother Earth, and you’re a Child to me,

      Discover who you are and seek divinity.

      Rocks and stones and clay and peat – all strata are a part of me,

      Jewels and crystals, gems and gold are hidden in the heart of me.

      Herbs and flowers, trees and shrubs, these are growing green on me,

      Mosses, fungi, lichens, vines, all of these are seen on me.

      Horses, cattle, pigs and deer, bears and lions roam on me,

      Snakes and spiders, rats and slugs, all creatures have their home on me.

      Bubbling brooks and silent springs, living rivers flow on me,

      Pools and puddles, lakes and seas, salty oceans grow on me.

      Tiny tiddlers, mighty whales, sacred salmon leap for me,

      Sharks and squid and crabs and krill fill the waters deep for me.

      Wrens and larks and crows and terns fill my skies with darting flight,

      Hawks and eagles, bats and owls catch their prey by day and night.

      Creeping worm and flying fox, teeming ants fulfil their lives,

      In tune with me, in Nature’s way, as honey bees enrich my hives.

      Only humans rob their kin, despoil the land, pollute the seas,

      Kill for fun, destroy the woods, float poisoned vapours on the breeze.

      I shall live, for I can heal, even if you humans die,

      But you can learn, as Children should, to grow in peace beneath the sky.