a thanksgiving poem

"Thanks to our mother, the earth, which sustains us;

thanks to the rivers and streams and their waters;

thanks to the corn and the grain fields that feed us;

thanks to the herbs which protect us from illness;

thanks to the wind and the rain for their cleansing;

thanks to the bushes and trees and their fruiting;

thanks to the moon and the stars in the darkness;

thanks to the sun and his eye that looks earthward;

thank the Great Spirit for all of his goodness."

-adapted from an Iroquois address of thanksgiving to the Great Spirit.