Summary

Throughout the poem, the speaker provides instructions on how to "[Call] the Spirit Back from Wandering the Earth in Its Human Feet." The first instructions involve physical actions such as giving up junk food and turning off electronics. The speaker then tells readers to open and close the door, take a breath brought by friendly traveling winds, and exhale it back out with gratitude.

According to the speaker, singing causes a person's spirits to travel and reach the stars' ears, and then return to the singer's body. The speaker reminds readers to consider how the earth has always cared for them, even before conception.

The speaker advises readers to surrender to the journey of their lives by letting their moccasin feet lead them to a place where the eternal "guardians" sit before a fire. The earth can settle postcolonial anxieties. Humans must remember to...