Medicine Lake Prayer Poem

Silent sloping gently like a funnel
grandfather of many a lava tunnel..

Perched on top is a clear blue lake
volcanic caldera no person can make..

Another shield volcano in Pacific's Ring of Fire
Like Lassen and Shasta, not ready to retire..

We're safe for now in our homes of clay
Suprise Valley is where we'll stay..

Journey up the basalty slope with care
searching for medicinal plants so rare..

Bathe in mineral tonic of Medicine Lake
Know healing gift feel real, not fake..

We pray for those lost in just one day
Tsunami wave struck from far away..

Detectable seismic shift no warning heard
Puppet government spent money on guns, how absurd..

We pray for brothers and sisters in Iraq
Breathing radioactive dust from depleted uranium attack..

Minerals mined under Navajo (Dineh) sands..
ended up in military hands..

We pray for peace and healing for all
and the fall of Israel's apartheid wall..

Speaking of walls waiting to fall
we fear Shasta dam is getting to tall..

Rock it is porous under mass water attack
man made Shasta Lake drips into fault fracture crack..

Brothers and sisters we don't want to cause fear
a message for all to hear loud and clear..

A temporary fix is not a long term solution
Our rivers are sick from dammed stagnation pollution..

We offer a world in dreamtime asleep
Seed of reality we sow what we reap..

Gentle rain drops like music are falling
Listen to hear Medicine Lake for you calling..

for more info;

Mt Shasta Bioregional Center
http://www.mountshastaecology.org/12medicinelake.html


Canadian Induced Seismicity Research Group;
http://www.telusplanet.net/public/retom/index.htm

Wintu tribe homepage;
http://www.winnememwintu.us/

Cascadia Rising;