Colors of the Wind
by Vanessa Williams
You think you own whatever land you land on
The Earth is just ①a dead thing you can claim
But I know every rock and ②tree and creature
Has a life, has a spirit, has a name
You think the only people who are people
Are the people who look and think like you
But if you walk the footsteps of a stranger
You’ll learn things you never knew
You never knew
Have you ever ③heard the wolf cry to the blue corn moon
Or ask the grinning bobcat why he grinned
Can you sing with ④all the voices of the mountain?
Can you paint with all the colors of the wind?
Can you paint with all the colors of the wind?
Come run the hidden pine trails of the forest
Come taste the sun-sweet berries of the earth
Come roll in all the riches all around you
And for once never wonder what they’re worth
The rainstorm and the river are my brothers
The heron and the otter are my friends
And we ⑤are all connected to each other
In a circle in a hoop that never ends
Have you ever heard the wolf cry to the blue corn moon?
Or let the eagle tell you where he’s been
Can you sing with all the voices of the mountain?
