I sat down last dark moon to write out a poem, or something like it, and found my day absorbed as my creation turned into a chant, and then into a song. I found my self recording it and then editing it and rerecording it. After I recorded it and looked at the words I had written, I realized that it was meant to be for the Fathers of Change. Let me explain why.
There are certain ideals that the Fathers of Change and the Mothers of the New Time, our sister effort in the world, have in common. Most of them are things that people agree with. There are a few things out there that some people may want to believe in, but they know the struggle with certain ideals daily. I think of this as Who I Am vs Who I Want to Be. Example: I really want to drink more water daily because its good for me, but I don't. I keep at it daily, trying to drink that water in the hopes that one day I will do it without thinking about it.
People like me who have been wronged, injured, abused, or controlled by someone else often don't want to forgive our attackers/aggressors. We allow it to bleed over into our lives and it colors how we view people that have something in common with our attacker. I didn't want to honor certain types of people because they held a position of authority similar to the person who injured me. Or, in my mind, I accused people I had never met because they dressed like someone who had beat me. And, I wouldn't talk or interact with one of my bosses because he reminded me of someone who had raped me. I can say I have empathy for women who have been abused by a man and now constantly struggle to trust the other men in their lives. This is part of what I choose to send my energies out to when I perform my Fathers of Change ritual. To stop these types of things from happening, to heal those who have been hurt, and to change the perceptions of the society that these aggressors came from, as well as the aggressors personally. I honestly send out the energy of change every time I do any ritual. This is the change I seek. Honor for all, and release from the pain that stands in the way of this change.
I have learned that in order to create change and manifest new thoughts, ideas, and emotions, you have to hold the container, the space, for them. That can be hard to do when you have a lifetime worth of memories, thoughts, ideals, and baggage crowding into the precious space you are struggling to create for change. The song I wrote helps me burn away that baggage and open the space for the change I wish to create. I feed the crap in my life to the fires of change and they burn away what I don't need and that which no longer serves my highest good. It frees my mind and heart to work on change. And, yes sometimes the crap comes back. I just have to keep working at it. The fires of change are always there and no one said change was easy. I hope this will help you in some way as much as it helps me.
The words are :
Fire changing, fire flowing, take this fuel and keep on growing.
By the power of the sun, with your flame our will be done.
Grant to us some clarity, by your light please let us see.
Blame and failure hold us back, binding feet, obscuring paths.
Fire changing, fire flowing, take this fuel and keep on growing.
By the power of the sun, with your flame our will be done.
Take these things already learned, take these things and let them burn.
By your fires let them die, these things we hold too tightly by.
Fire changing, fire flowing, take this fuel and keep on growing.
By the power of the sun, with your flame our will be done.
Take these things ourselves we blame, take these things our source of shame.
By your fire let us learn the truth about the things we yearn.
Fire changing, fire flowing, take this fuel and keep on growing.
By the power of the sun, with your flame our will be done.
By the power of the sun, with your flame our will be done.
Fire, Fire. Take our pain. Fire, Fire. Help us change.
-Gatekeeper Jey, copyright 2013
A word of warning: I have never done anything like this before. Check the recording volume before you play it. It was recorded on a old USB headset I use for gaming, so I didn't have fine control over the quality.
Feel free to use this in public rituals, private rituals, personal use and walking down the street :) . Share it as you feel you should, but please be respectful and credit or cite this page and myself as needed.
If you have any questions or comment, please feel free to post them or write me privately.
Gatekeeper Jey
