I made this song autumn of 2022.
When I first came up with the melody/lyrics, I was outside near my apartment, walking around with my baby niece, and the weather was nearly perfect. We hung out by some trees and I felt close to nature in that moment. Like, we’re born out of the earth and everything we need comes from it, from food and shelter to even spirituality. We depend on the earth.
I believe we can take care of it a little better in return.
I wish I had a picture of that area near the apartment. It wasn’t a big space, but it felt like this quiet little corner out of view of all the busy streets and so many people’s windows. A space where I could exist and think about nature, even if in reality, this was just a well-kept lawn on a developed property.
As humans, we don’t exist entirely within or completely disconnected from wildernesses. Rather, we shape the wilderness around us until we think of it as more familiar. Organized. Controlled.
But at the same time, the wilderness never goes away. Insects on flowers. Trees changing with the seasons. Storms. Eroding rocks. Sunlight.
We’re deeply rooted in the wilds. Even if we package them up and distort them. They’re still there, and we’re still part of them.
Jordyn Saelor 