For The Love Of It All

In the beginning, as life became form,

The oceans heaved, the mountains were cleaved,

The firmament stormed.

At the center of being, immensely small

Was the master of now, don't ask me how

The love of it all

And the seasons were many.

Creation was new.

And there on a tree (deceptively free)

A forbidden fruit

Upon leaving the garden, after the fall,

One thing was clear; we chose not to hear

The love of it all

But for the love of it all

I would go anywhere.

To the ends of the earth,

What is it worth if love would be there?

Walking the thin line between fear and the call

One learns to bend and finally depend

On the love of it all

Irresistible targets

I heard someone say.

They were speaking of angels

Who are so courageous day after day

Gunned down on a highway (as we often recall)

I hear a scream; I have a dream

The love of it all

Still the world is in labor,

She groans in travail.

She cries with the eagle, the dolphin,

She sighs in the song of the whale.

While the heart of her people

Prays at the wall.

A spirit inside is preparing a bride

For the love of it all

For the love of it all,

Like the stars and the sun,

We are hearts on the rise,

Separate eyes with the vision of one.

No valley too deep, no mountain too tall,

We can turn back the night with merely the light

From the love of it all.

And so we are marching to 'to give peace a chance'

Brother and sister as one in this mystery dance.

Long ago on a hilltop where now the curious crawl

A man on a cross paid the ultimate cost

For the love of it all

For the love of it all

We are gathered by grace

We have followed our hearts

To take up our parts

In this time and place.

Hands for the harvest,

Hear the centuries call:

It is still not too late to come celebrate

The love of it all

Eli, eli, lemana shabakthani

The love of it all