An excerpt from the prose/poem The Seer to be found
here on Kindle Books.
The Seer speaks the mourning chant of the Islands
with the congregation repeating the last line.
Life is brief, love is deep, the soul sings,
As the seasons come, the seasons go,
What are we but passing travellers,
Leaving only footprints on the sands.
Leaving only footprints on the sands.
As the sea wave breaks on the rock,
As the clouds flee across the sky,
So we traverse this land, and are gone,
Leaving only footprints on the sand.
Leaving only footprints on the sands.
As the eagle swoops and soars,
So the deer come and go, the salmon spawn,
Child turns to adult, and is gone,
Leaving only footprints on the sand.
Leaving only footprints on the sands.
Land of sorrow, land of joy, land of blessing, land of toil,
From your bosom we are born,
To your bosom we return,
Leaving only footprints on the sand.
Leaving only footprints on the sands.
Each day is precious, each hour passed,
is an hour fled, never to return.
Love, know what you have, be grateful
Praise the Gods for the gifts that come from land and sea.
Praise to the Gods!
Reflections on life in Poetry and Prose. 