HEARING SOUNDS

TODAY I WALK DOWN ROCK AND STONE ROADS

WHERE TIME ALWAYS TAKES ITS TIME

IN A COUNTRY CALLED BELIZE

AS I WALK AND GLIDE AMONG THE ROCKS AND STONES

EACH ROCK AND STONE HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY

WALK SLOWLY AND LISTEN

AS YOU PASS EACH ROCK AND STONE

EACH FROM DIFFERENT LIVES

BUT LISTEN TO THOSE SOUNDS

FROM A PEOPLE FROM LONG AGO

THEY ARE SAYING SOMETHING

LISTEN EACH AND EVERY STEP

THEY ARE SAYING EVERYTHING IS GROWING

LOOK TO THE MOUNTAINS

THEN LOOK TO THE SKIES

THEY ARE MOVING QUICKLY

NOW PEOPLE MOVING QUICKLY

PEOPLE LOOKING AT OTHER PEOPLE

BUT NOT LISTENING, EACH AND EVERY STEP

THE ROCKS AND THE STONES HAVE SOMETHING MORE TO SAY

THESE PEOPLE HAVE A LONG HISTORY

THEY HAVE MORE TO SAY

THE PEOPLE HAVE SOME THING IN COMMON

THESE ROCKS AND STONES ARE ANCESTERS TO EACH OTHER

THEY SHARE THE LIFE AND DEATH

NOW THE SKIES ARE CRYING

NOW THE SKIES ARE SCREAMING, IN PAIN

TELLING YOU TO LISTEN EACH AND EVERY STEP

THE SKIES AND THE MOUNTAINS ALWAYS SEE US GROWING

SO LISTEN EACH AND EVERY STEP

SOMEDAY THE ROCKS AND STONES WAIT FOR YOU

Joseph A DeVoe               2006