The Lost Words Blessing

Enter the wild with care, my love

And speak the things you see

Let new names take and root and thrive and grow

And even as you travel far from heather, crag and river

May you like the little fisher,

set the stream alight with glitter

May you enter now as otter

without falter into water

Look to the sky with care, my love

And speak the things you see

Let new names take and root and thrive and grow

And even as you journey on past dying stars exploding

Like the gilded one in flight,

leave your little gifts of light

And in the dead of night my darling,

find the gleaming eye of starling

Like the little aviator,

sing your heart to all dark matter

Walk through the world with care, my love

And sing the things you see

Let new names take and root and thrive and grow

And even as you stumble

through machair sands eroding

Let the fern unfurl your grieving,

let the heron still your breathing

Let the selkie swim you deeper,

oh my little silver-seeker

Even as the hour grows bleaker,

be the singer and the speaker

And in city and in forest,

let the larks become your chorus

And when every hope is gone,

let the raven call you home