Once we planted trees

To mark your passing

Hoping you would return

We called to you,

Grandfathers!

Grandmothers!

Asking you to come home

Once we raised mounds

Laid you deep inside

And visited bringing gifts

We called to you,

Grandfathers!

Grandmothers!

Asking you to hear our praise and songs

It has been so long

Since a tree was planted

Or a name was given

A mound was raised

Or a gift laid down

Again, we prepare the ground for trees

Again, we give the names

Again, we prepare the Earth for mounds

Again, we lay down the gifts

We seek you once again

We call to you, we sing to you, we praise you

Grandfathers!

Grandmothers!

Asking you to come home

Asking you to show us the way before

Asking you to walk with us once more