Zack Mahiques - Prayer for the great family

In this poem, the author is giving thanks to the things that make up our environment and allow us to live. He first thanks the Earth for her soil and richness and allow everything to grow and live on it. He also thanks it for the night and day, giving us peace at night. Next he thanks the plants for their beauty and their ability to withstand nature and he also thanks the air for being our song, or allowing us to breathe. Wild beings are next, who are our family or brothers, because their share with us their secrets and freedoms and teach us ways to be brave, self-complete, and aware. Water is next because without it we could not survive. The last thank you goes to the sun, for without it, nothing could grow and no life would exist. He calls the sun the one who wakes us and thanks it for warming caves where snakes and bears sleep.