Motherless Child DrumSongPrayer

Sometimes I feel like a motherless child
Sometimes I feel like a motherless child
Sometimes I feel like a motherless child
A long, long way from home
A long, long, long, long way from my home

Sometimes I feel like freedom is near
Sometimes I feel like freedom is near
Sometimes I feel like freedom is near
But it's so far away, it's so far away

Sometimes I feel like I'm almost gone
Sometimes I feel like I'm almost gone
Sometimes I feel like I'm almost gone
I’ve never been seen never been heard
Never been seen never been heard

Sometimes I feel like a motherless child
Sometimes I feel like a motherless child
Sometimes I feel like a motherless child
A long, long way from my home

That's when I pray to my heart of hearts
That's when I pray to my heart of hearts
That's when I pray to my heart of hearts
And there I find that I am finally home
That’s where I find that I am finally home

When I am home I pray…
May we all become
instruments of peace
May we share love
Where there is hatred
May we share restorative justice
Where there is harm
Optimism,
Hope
and
Light
Where there is darkness
And where there is sadness
JOY, JOY, JOY, JOY, JOY
and silent listening

May we encourage others,
not wait to be encouraged.
May we stand under others,
before we feel understood.
May we love others
before we feel beloved.

For it is by giving
that we become the gift
It is our faith in others
that restores our strength
And it is our letting go our small desires
that reveals fierce love within us!

Fierce love asks us…

Where do you seek me?
Here I am.
Where do you seek me?
Here I am.
Here I am, here I am.
Where do you seek me?
Here I am.

I reply to Love…
You love me
My heart is your heart
and
We are one
I am consciousness
I am consciousness
I am consciousness