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The Wheel

from Homemade Wine by Penelope Swales

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The Wheel
© Penelope Swales 1997

Lost in the maze
Of our own fecundity
We are strangers to ourselves
We spend our lives
Trying to avoid creating life
An accidental pregnancy is a tragedy

In this society
There may well be no family
For the one left holding the baby
We must all try
To recreate the tribe
And lift this crushing weight of responsibility

Aphrodite, Innana,
Bridget, Hecate, Isis, Astarte
Your precious gifts
Have become a curse
In a world devoid of all generosity

We’re fearful of our future
Jealous of the past
We envy our forebears
Confidence in our continuity
And yet for most of us, the odds have been stacked
We have been trapped by our own biology
How far into the past must we delve
To find a land where we enjoyed equality

Aphrodite, Innana,
Bridget, Hecate, Astarte, Isis,
Your precious gifts
Were made a curse
By those fearful of your power and your secrets

Aphrodite, Innana,
Bridget, Hecate, Hestia, Isis,
We were meant to share
The rearing and our secrets
I’ll read the fire and sing your names
Pray the time here yet remains
That we may help the Wheel regain its balance

That sanity may yet prevail
Singing will replace the wails
Greenery cover the rails and beams of this world

And the Wheel of Life
May yet regain its balance
The wheel of love
May yet begin to make some sense
And the Wheel of Life
May yet regain its balance
The wheel of love
May yet regain its innocence

People, don’t you wait too long
To act on what you know is wrong
Rewrite the rules, rephrase the songs
Of this world
I’ll read the fire and sing their names
Pray the time here yet remains
That we may help the Wheel regain its balance

credits

from Homemade Wine, released January 7, 1997
Penelope Swales - vocals, guitar
Paul Jonas - violin
Mal Webb - bass
George Papantonio - drums
Anita Hustas - double Bass
Alina Jonas - cello

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Penelope Swales Boolarra, Australia

Penelope Swales has been articulating the human condition with passion and humour for 30+ years. She sings about politics, love, friendship, the unbreakable bond between us and dogs and the impact of the Internet on society. She won the 2019 Alistair Hulett Songs for Social Justice Award with “Cambridge Analytica”. “The Ides of March in Christchurch" was short-listed for the same award in 2020. ... more

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