19-2-17

The fire, this fire, that burns here inside us,
Has power, such power to teach and to guide us
Uncoiling life force that spirals around us
That binds and connects, includes and surrounds us

Tlazukama, tlazukama, tlazukamati, ometeotl, tatiwari
Pila mayelo, wakan tanka, omakiyayo tunkashila

Forging our will through these trials as we focus
Raising ourselves as we draw our bow backwards
Honing the points on the heads of our arrows
Let fly our intentions through sacred tobaccos

Tlazukama, tlazukama, tlazukamati, ometeotl, ometekutli
Pila mayelo, wakan tanka, omakiyayo tunkashila

We soften and listen, receiving each other
The prayer is the song, is the pattern, the colour
Each in their own way, we’re joining together
Our hearts beat as one, the drum of our mother

Tlazukama, tlazukama, tlazukamati, ometeotl, omecihuatl
Pila mayelo, wakan tanka, omakiyayo tunkashila

Our forebears behind us, willing us onwards
We carry inside us their sons and daughters
Their hands on our backs, drawing us forward
Into a world where all life is honoured

Tlazukama, tlazukama, tlazukamati, ometeotl, tonantzin
Pila mayelo, wakan tanka, omakiyayo tunkashila

Gathered in circles all over this planet
Ancestors, relatives, children inhabit
Forming a web that is growing organic
Transmitting our love across the harmonic

Tlazukama, tlazukama, tlazukamati, ometeotl, quetzalcoatl
Pila mayelo, wakan tanka, omakiyayo tunkashila