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║ UNITY OF THE TWO RIVERS ║
║ A Song Bird Ceremony ║
║ by Charity Faith Campbell ║
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║ PAGE 1 ║
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║ COLUMN I (LEFT) ║
║ — CENTER ALIGNED — ║
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║ INVOCATION ║
║ Before there were nations, ║
║ there were rivers. ║
║ Before there were divisions, ║
║ there was water. ║
║ Before there were many, ║
║ there was One. ║
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║ THE FIRST RIVER — MEMORY ║
║ I come from the river of remembering, ║
║ soft as the stories carried in the water. ║
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║ remember… ║
║ once… ║
║ long ago… ║
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║ COLUMN II (RIGHT) ║
║ — CENTER ALIGNED — ║
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║ THE SECOND RIVER — LINEAGE ║
║ I come from the river of lineage, ║
║ deep as the roots that hold the earth steady. ║
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║ I am shaped by those before me. ║
║ I carry their breath. ║
║ I carry their strength. ║
║ I carry their name. ║
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