Can we be like drops of water …

Last month my husband and I went to a concert in Ithaca. We arrived early and went on a short hike at Buttermilk Falls State Park. It was beautiful. I’ve missed hiking since we seem to have turned to bike riding (also fun!). We walked along a stream that meandered through rock that had been worn away by the stream over many lifetimes.

A beloved song came to me, one that I learned in my 20s – a song written by Meg Christian and Holly Near – “The Rock Will Wear Away.”

Here are the words: “Can we be like drops of water, falling on the stone. Splashing, breaking, dispersing in air, weaker than the stone by far, but be aware that, as time goes by, the rock will wear away. And the water comes again.”

I started to sing it, this song of my soul that comes to me now and then. I love the truth it tells, of the water impacting stone. I saw the evidence of this all around me on the hike. I sang the song and videoed the water and the rock walls a few times.

It was a frivolous moment, and maybe part of me knew that I would share it in this way. My voice is imperfect and falters a couple of times. But I AM a singer – of lullabies and love songs, songs to the water and so on …and since I am to write from the contents of my soul, I guess this is the thing to do. So I’m sharing it here.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/zu4JPyjjbjI

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