Oh Friends by joe holtaway published on 2022-02-02T09:57:34Z Oh Friends written about experiences of the anti fracking movement in North Yorkshire, a beautiful and desperate standing of friends to keep Ineos away from their village. They succeeded and activists around the world breathed deeply at their resolve, I was honoured indeed to have been there to sing and offer some meditation workshops. Oh friends is inspired by their gathering to sing in front of the gates to the site each week, one of many actions they took. Oh Friends There are times when the peace we know is left unspoken and hearts are broken and the seeds that we have sown lay overgrown by some decisions made that come from fear and thoughts unclear and so we return to here to clear the way with open hearts and and open eyes we wish to live our lives Oh friends that we can stand and reach out for each other's hands and live and let our hearts make plans oh that we can stand Oh friends that we can sing and gather this offering and feel together what this can bring Oh that we can sing There are times when the peace we show we show in silence to heal the violence and feel for our inner guidance we know is there and there are times when we use our voice and we make words and take the choice to be heard through the noise to show our care with open hearts and and open eyes we wish to live our lives Oh friends that we can stand and reach out for each other's hands and live and let our hearts make plans oh that we can stand Oh friends that we can sing and gather this offering and feel together what this can bring Oh that we can sing