Songs of Burning - What Do I Do?

I never asked you to claw your skin off and leave behind all the gods that you love

So why do you ask that of me?

I never asked you to keep on living when all around you the world is dying

So why do want that from me?

I never asked you to give up yourself

I never asked you to change all you are

So why do I have to not be myself

Why can’t I do what the gods made me for?

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I follow gods of intangibility

I follow gods of full equality

The kind of equality that can’t be denied

The kind of love that all can know, none can hide

I follow gods who the rich see as fools

I follow gods who tell us we’re not tools

I follow gods who love unconditionally

Who say all of us do deserve to be

Given life, love, and given dignity

All of us part of one full family

———

I never asked you to claw your skin off and leave behind all the gods that you love

So why do you ask that of me?

I never asked you to keep on living when all around you the world is dying

So why do want that from me?

I never asked you to give up yourself

I never asked you to change all you are

So why do I have to not be myself

Why can’t I do what the gods made me for?

———

May the dawn always rise so bloody

May my blood flow to this earth freely

May my torch-light heartbeat show me

May I learn to not be so cowardly

I follow gods of constant teaching

I follow gods that help me be growing

I follow gods that bring justice to us

I follow gods that I don’t fully understand

May the fire consume my body

May my blood flow set my soul free

May I fight for true full equality

May I fight for all love that must be

———

I never asked you to claw your skin off and leave behind all the gods that you love

So why do you ask that of me?

I never asked you to keep on living when all around you the world is dying

So why do want that from me?

I never asked you to give up yourself

I never asked you to change all you are

So why do I have to not be myself

Why can’t I do what the gods made me for?

———

Love is infinite, love is one

Love it pulls me right into the sun

Love transforms me in every way

I will fight for a brand new day

May the love transform all of you as well

May the forces of greed go to hell

May we learn how to fight for each other

As siblings, as sisters and as brothers

We are all siblings, sisters and brothers

———

I never asked you to claw your skin off and leave behind all the gods that you love

So why do you ask that of me?

I never asked you to keep on living when all around you the world is dying

So why do want that from me?

I never asked you to give up yourself

I never asked you to change all you are

So why do I have to not be myself

Why can’t I do what the gods made me for?

———

May I follow the heart I so love

May the flood rain down from up above

May these words of mine find a true home

Where forever the great beasts will roam

The beasts and birds and the fish and the plants

The rivers, oceans, lakes, skies and the lands

May it all be safe, may it be saved

May none of us be treated as slaves

———

I never asked you to claw your skin off and leave behind all the gods that you love

So why do you ask that of me?

I never asked you to keep on living when all around you the world is dying

So why do want that from me?

I never asked you to give up yourself

I never asked you to change all you are

So why do I have to not be myself

Why can’t I do what the gods made me for?

———

Thank you Forest for all that you taught me

Thank you river, and the sky so starry

Thank you mountains, and marsh lands and prairies

Thank you Parent Earth, I feel your heartbeat

Thank you land below, thank you sky up above

Thank your worms in soil, the soil that I love

Thank you insects, and spiders and trees

Thank you centipedes, and thank you bees

Thank you mushrooms, and lichen and conks

Thank you beavers, and bears, deer and frogs

Thank you snakes, foxes and coyotes

Thank you starfish, and walrus, and the seas

Thank you bison, for you all may I care

Thank you heat and cold, always you’re there

Thank you sky above, clouds, moon and sun

Thank you rain storm, and snow storm and love

Thank you seasons that turn like a wheel

Thank you day and night for letting me feel

Thank you sunset, thank you sunrise

I would give all to help all of you rise

I will fight I swear it so true

I’ll fight for all of us, for each of you

Transform me into what you need

May all the earth and the people be freed

———

I never asked you to claw your skin off and leave behind all the gods that you love

So why do you ask that of me?

I never asked you to keep on living when all around you the world is dying

So why do want that from me?

I never asked you to give up yourself

I never asked you to change all you are

So why do I have to not be myself

Why can’t I do what the gods made me for?

———

I am becoming, but I am not yet

During life, and after life, may I give my breath

May I give my breath and my blood and my bread

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