Earth to earth,

Blood to blood,

This animal I am holding

Dances the great dance

Wheel in turning wheel

Becoming in his death

Promises kept

Agreements honored

Spirit leaving the turmoil

Of this temporary home

Dancing the great dance

Treading the wheel’s turn

Eating and being eaten—

In this simple truth there is

No misery,

Just the personality’s quick loss of faith

Soon rectified.

This flow of life was planned

Before the days and deaths of dinosaurs

We offer up

Shine for shine

Reciprocal expansion,

Called life.