The Earth Has Known Me All Along

Soft wind moving through pine trees. A distant raven calls. I walk barefoot through the midnight fields Searching for the things the daylight conceals The wind knows secrets that it carries for miles And the moonlight paints silver across my smile My hands against an ancient tree Feeling every memory living underneath Roots holding stories older than time Whispering softly through the rings inside The ravens watch from the giant pines Guardians of mysteries hidden beyond time I hear the night breathing I hear her call my name I was born with a restless soul One foot in the stars and one in the soil Constellations tangled in my veins Moonlight running wild beneath my skin My heart belongs to every living thing The roots below, the birds upon the wing A free heart wandering where spirit resides Following the stars that live inside And when the darkness wraps around me like a friend I remember where I’ve been The fire speaks in a language without words The same language spoken by the rivers and birds Every living thing shines with a sacred glow From the smallest flower to the mountains below I see beauty in the weathered bark Beauty in the silence and the dark The storm rolls in and the thunder sings Awakening forgotten things And softly I whisper Ancient words into the night I was born with a restless soul One foot in the stars and one in the soil Constellations tangled in my veins Moonlight running wild beneath my skin My heart belongs to every living thing The roots below, the birds upon the wing A free heart wandering where spirit resides Following the stars that live inside And when the darkness wraps around me like a friend I remember where I’ve been The trees keep memories older than time I press my hands to their bark and listen The ravens know my secrets The moon knows my soul Every stone, every feather, every drop of rain Carries a little piece of the same song I wasn’t made to conquer this world I was made to feel it The lightning The oceans The forests The fire The heartbeat beneath it all Whispers in the darkness Chanting through the trees Ancient voices carried on the breeze Calling from a place I almost know Somewhere beyond memory Somewhere my soul still goes I love the darkness because it lets me see The quiet beauty hidden in everything A thousand distant stars call out my name My spirit was never meant to be contained It wanders with oceans, forests, and storms A wandering flame A free heart in the night Finding beauty in the broken and the wild And when I stand beneath the endless sky above I know I’m not lost at all Barefoot in the dirt where the earth still hums Feeling her heartbeat deep within my soul.