Hetch Hetchy Rising

Beneath the gathered waters of a lake that should not be
Its hidden meadows slumber, waiting to be freed.   
Its majesties unforgotten, its oaks still wait to sprout.
The cliffs look down still patient for the waters must drain out.  

Hetch Hetchy calls to humankind, please free me to live on
Tear down the dam that drowns me, its years have grown too long
Rabbits wait to scamper and bears to peer through grass
This is a place to contemplate, of futures and the past.  

Tear down the dam that drowns me, my cliffs still need to breathe
Drain the flood that bound me, my meadows need to breed.
The animals that lived here remember their abode.
The seedlings want to root themselves in soil drowned and cold.

Tear down the dam at Hetch Hetchy, its truths are there to see.   
Release this hold on Nature so its beauty may be free.