Sunlight dancing upon the stream
Web with pearls of dew
Lessons of colour from flower and thorn
Above me only blue
First birdsong from the meadow land
An inspirational sound
Carried along by the morning breeze
Waking all around

Bringer of summer, dancer of green

This is our time to remember
By hearth-fire and welcome of bread
So we gather and stand upon red leaves
With a deep memory and love for our dead

Under the chill of winter’s breath
We give thanks to what was before
Like the dormant life of the magical seed
We await t

In a rich velvet darkness of my mind
I wish for beginning or start
To whisper to me as a rainbow
That can be only be seen by the heart

I stir up the cauldron of wisdom
Hope droplets may splash on my skin
And grant me the chance of connection
And so let the journey b

Brighten my soul with the colours of autumn
Watch red leaves fall and die
I feel the heartbeat of harvest calling
As the journeying geese pass us by

This threshold time, by harvest fire
Hold the candle burning
I greet you in my shrine of heart
I greet the autumn tur

This wanton sad destruction
Seen with our own eyes
We clear the lands, and black the skies
And bring on our demise

One day we’ll all awaken
When forest lands are bare
We’ll see through guilty reddened eyes
The green man standing there

Ooh, last tree falling do

I lie in my nemeton circle serene
In a blanket of stillness
And the web of my dream
Gaze down on the stars
All souls share a song
The music of essence
This tune we belong

The dance of the ancestors, still in our blood
The sense of their presence
Still here,

Watch time come, watch time go
Wise old yew, what do you know?
Watch time come, watch time go
Wise old yew, what do you know?

Oh magic tree your secrets keep
A potion wise of healing deep
But sips of yew on Moon’s eclipse
A fatal end, beyond the lips

With arro