These Woods

from Full Circle by Joshua Hall

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This is a reflection on how even our praised naturalist poets like Robert Frost assume the ownership of the Earth to be in the hands of men.

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Who's woods these are, I think I know, her home is in the ground below
warm and nestled, safe and sound, as these woods fill up with snow
We leave fresh tracks on sacred ground, and the crow calls out
from the highest bough, they are wary and we're from town
as these woods fill up with snow

These wood have stood ancient and wise through the harshest weather and tests of time. A cradle of life for all Earthkind these woods are sacred and wise. These woods are divine.

We're not hear to cut it down, but the forest knows when man comes around. Tracts of paper and surveying lens are not all that's carried in the hands of men, with a love for money, no respect for life, that's what you get with development, when they arrive with axes and saws, mechanically efficient bulldozers and claws, homes are leveled, stripped and tossed aside, loaded on trucks and taken for a ride, milled and processed, shipped and then, sold to build the homes of more humans

These wood have stood ancient and wise through the harshest weather and tests of time. A cradle of life for all Earthkind these woods are sacred and wise. These woods are divine.

We come with offerings, we come in praise, to commune and listen and learn the old ways, of bear and fox, of wolf and dear, of the crow and the raven, we've come to revere, we must remember, what has been for gotten,we must remove the core that is rotten,so we can offer our humble selves and beg forgiveness from all who dwell (in these woods)_

These wood have stood ancient and wise through the harshest weather and tests of time. A cradle of life for all Earthkind these woods are sacred and wise. These woods are divine.

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from Full Circle, released May 12, 2020

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Joshua Hall West Windsor, Vermont

Described as a Zen-Metal-Freak-Jazz Guru, I am a classically trained guitarist whose playing style owes as much to Barrios and Tarréga as Mustaine and Monk.

I am an Alternative Folk Artist whose songs engage the listener to feel and think deeply, to find the reverence in everyday life, and to question the stories that define so much of the modern world ... more

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