MayDay Parade 2007
Section 5 Leaders:
Gustavo Boad
Malia Burkhart
Tina Nemetz
“Trying to own water makes no more sense than trying to own love --it is the flow that matters.”
-Sarah Ruth Vangelden,
Yes! Magazine (Winter 2004)
may the tide
that is entering even now
the lip of our understanding
carry you out
beyond the face of fear...
- From “Blessing The Boats” By Lucille Clifton (B 1936)
“We’re all
water from
different
rivers…
That’s why
it’s so easy
to meet.”
-Yoko Ono
MayDay Parade 2007
Somos Agua - Sunday May 6, 2007
Masanari Kawahara
Parade Section 5:
One River, One Bowl, Two Hands, One Soul
Un Río, Un Tazón, Dos Manos, Un Alma
We Listen
The sound of the ocean in seashells
Is the sound of water washing over our cells.
What is the voice of the water within us?
We Remember
The water we use today is the same water
Bathed in by dinosaurs; the same water
Will quench the thirst of our children’s
children.
We Reflect
Our bodies are light and water—
Chlorophyll, the sun condensed by the plants we eat, gives us energy;
water moves it through us.
Winged figures connect sky and earth. Their bowls and hoops embody our
prayers for the water.
We Rise
With the Tree of Life, and with the Sun and Moon,
We Protect
and We Respect
All beings -- animals, humans, and plants-- are our relatives through
water. All beings have a right to water.
Water must move as it moves.
This River
Like water, we learn
with Generosity
To give and to receive unconditionally,
Gratitude
To accept and to transform, to know no boundaries
and Celebration
To flow.
Love and Gratitude, shown on a grand scale, can create
a powerful shift in our thinking, in our very being. Generosity
inspires hope, a hope essential to the process of transforming
our relationship to our planet.
~ Malia, Tina, and Gustavo
Photos on this page by Liz Welch