The Death of the Hopi

Written in Sedona in 1984

Narrative with sound and sacred movement

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NO ONE SEEMS TO CARE OR KNOW

THE TROUBLE WE HAVE

NO ONE SEES THE PLANET AS IT'S MARKED

FOR ANOTHER CYCLE OF CHANGE.

THE POOR MAN, THE HOPI, THE NAVAJO AND MORE,

THE BUM ON THE SCREET, THE CRIPPLED, THE CRAZY,

THE DRUG WRACKED BRAIN, THE MAN WITH WHISKEY IN HAND,

THE YOUNG AND THE DYING, KNOW THE TRUTH OF THE TIME.

THEIR PAIN IS OUR PAIN, CAN YOU SEE IT NOW,

THIS SPACE WE HAVE TO CALL HELL.

THEIR PURPOSE WAS VIRTUE, THEIR DESTINY SACRED,

THEIR TIME IN THE BALANCE OF NOW.

THEY WHO HAVE, AND KNOW AND HOLD,

THEIR MONEY, THEIR POWER, THEIR CLAIM,

THEY HOLD ON HARDER, WITH COLD HANDED MADNESS,

THEIR FUTURE, UNREDEEMED.

THE PROPHECIES ARE HERE, FROM TIME EVERYWHERE,

THE YEARS OF EARTH CHANGE AND WRATH

MOTHER EARTH SCREAMS, THE FUTURE IS HERE,

YOUR RAPE IS DONE, MY RAGE BEGUN.

THE HOPI, THE NATIVE, THE UNDEFINED AND JUDGED,

HAVE HELD THE LAND SACRED FOR US ALL

THE ONE PERFECT BALANCE, THE ENJOINING SOUND,

TO SAVE US FROM OUR OWN SELVES.

IF WE DESTROY THEM, WE DESTROY OURSELVES

FOR THE MEANS OF URANIUM BOMBS,

THEIR LIVES ARE OUR LIVES, CAN YOU SEE IT ALL,

THE MICRO OF OUR PLANET EARTH.

THE INDIGENOUS, THE POOR, THE DISTANCED, THE CURSED,

THEY FEEL THE PAIN OF IT ALL,

THEY KNOW THE FEELING OF HOPELESS DESPAIR,

THE SO CALLED SOCIALLY DAMNED.

THE RED HOT RIVERS, ERUPTING VOLCANOES,

THE FLOODS, BLIZZARDS, TORNADOES, THE BLACKOUTS,

THE SIGNS ARE HERE, JUST ABOUT EVERYWHERE,

THE ANIMALS, THEY LOOK FOR NEW HOMES.

IS THERE HOPE, I SEE THE HOPE,

THROUGH THOSE WHO KNOW THE PAST,

THOSE WHO HAVE SUFFERED, WHO HAVE KNOWN DESPAIR,

THEY HAVE HEARD THE TRUTH, IN THE WHISPER OF NIGHT,

BUT WHO LISTENS TO THE SOCIALLY DAMNED.

I HEAR YOU, I LOVE YOU, YOUR PAIN IS MINE,

YOUR FAITH IS OUR SALVATION,

YOU HAVE KNOWN DENIAL, YOU KNOW REJECTION,

YOU KNOW YOUR OWN DESTRUCTION.

I CAN SAY I LOVE YOU, I CAN SAY I CARE

BUT WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE

I CAN SAY I HAVE FACED THE PAIN, THE DENIAL,

BUT WHAT DO WE DO FROM NOW ON.

THE SYSTEMS ARE PIERCED, THE ENEMY GREED,

THE POWER OF DOMINATION

CAN WE STAND STRONG IN A NEW CREATION

DAMNATION IS OUR SALVATION

I LOVE YOU I SAY, WILL YOU LOVE ME TOO

I CAN'T STAND ALONE, JUST AS YOU.

CAN WE LEAVE THE WAY OF SELF DENIAL,

AND WALK WITH LIGHT IN OUR HEARTS.

IT IS OUR TIME YOU KNOW, TO BE THE WORLD

THE MEEK WHO INHERIT THE EARTH

IT IS OUR TIME TO SHOW THEM THE WAY

AND LEAVE THE BONDAGE BEHIND

IT IS OUR TIME TO SPEAK OUR POWER

THE SPIRIT POWER OF HEART

IT IS TIME TO SPEAK FROM THE TRUTH THAT WAS CALLED MADNESS

TIME TO BECOME WHO WE ARE.

WE CAN TURN THINGS AROUND, THE SOCIALLY DAMNED,

I LOVE YOU I SAY, WILL YOU LOVE ME TOO

WILL YOU TAKE MY HAND, LETS WALK TOGETHER

I'M TIRED OF BEING ALONE.

I LOVE YOU I SAY, CAN YOU TAKE MY HAND

CAN WE JOIN HANDS AND BE FREE

CAN YOU AND ME BEGIN THE NEW WORLD

CAN WE STAND TOGETHER AS ONE.

I LOVE YOU I SAY, CAN YOU LOVE ME TOO

CAN WE LEAVE OUR TOMBS, OUR PRISONS BEHIND

CAN WE LEAVE THE FUNERAL PYRE OF OLD

AND RELEASE THE PHOENIX BIRD.

I LOVE YOU I SAY, WILL YOU LOVE ME TOO

AND ALL WHO ARE IN DESPAIR

LET'S LEAVE BEHIND THIS EMPTY DESTRUCTION

AND ACCEPT OUR OWN SALVATION

CAN WE BUILD THE NEW WORLD,

NOT FROM DOLLARS AND PLANS

CAN WE LEAVE THE UNWORKABLE BEHIND

CAN WE FORGET THE CHAINS, THE EMPTY SOLUTIONS

IN THE BLINKING OF AN EYE.

I LOVE YOU I SAY, PLEASE TAKE MY HAND

LET'S BE TOGETHER AS ONE

I CAN'T STAND ALONE, I LOVE YOU SO

LET'S SING THE POWER OF LOVE

LET'S FREE THE WORLD, LET'S FREE OURSELVES

THE TIME OF LIBERATION IS AT HAND

LET'S BUILD THE NEW WORLD OF FAITH AND TRUST

LET'S SPEAK IN THE HEART OF OUR KNOWING.

FOR THE RED, THE BLACK, THE YELLOW, THE WHITE

I LOVE YOU I WAY, PLEASE LOVE ME TOO

PLEASE TAKE MY HAND, LET US WALK TOGETHER

IN THE DIVINE LIGHT OF OUR KNOWING.

THIS IS OUR TIME PLEASE TAKE MY HAND

I LOVE YOU, WILL YOU LOVE ME TOO.