Same First Mother

Same First Mother
© Surazeus
2025 03 07

The fish in the river swim toward the sun 
to play with children in the field of flowers. 
The birds in the clouds fly across the mountains 
to play with children in the city streets. 
Mothers call children in evening dusk 
who run home to eat and share funny stories. 

Though we live on opposite sides of Earth 
we look at the same stars in the same sky. 
Though we live far away in different lands 
we see the same moon among the same stars. 
The moon among the stars in the world sky 
are etched with the same light in all our hearts. 

We climb the same mountain on different paths 
to meet each other by the cave of dreams. 
We sail the same ocean in different boats 
to meet each other on the shore of hope. 
The oceans send the rain up to the clouds 
and the mountains send the rain to the ocean. 

Some people spend their lives in the same house 
and know everybody in the same town. 
Some people spend their lives walking new roads 
and meet new people in a thousand towns. 
I lived in fifty homes in twenty-five towns 
on hundreds of roads sea to shining sea. 

The horse in the field runs free with the wind 
so I explore from Scythia to Scotland. 
The four-wheeled wagon rolls in sun and rain 
so I drive from Virginia to Oregon. 
I pave the long road of my journey west 
with the bones my ancestors leave behind. 

We will unify all Europe and Russia 
in one peaceful state we name Gothinia. 
From the ruins of fallen America 
we will build our free country Zarathia. 
We will unite the peoples of our tribes 
in the bounteous state of Anglonesia. 

The ravens gather in the apple tree 
and teach us civil rights through liberty. 
The orioles assemble in the orange tree 
and teach us to deal fair justice for all. 
We gather in moonlight round the World Tree 
to share stories about our quest for truth. 

We live in different countries on one globe 
but tell one story of romantic love. 
We worship different gods with discrete souls 
who all emanate from the same God Mind. 
Every plant and animal on this Earth 
springs from the same First Mother of the sea.