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They arise where lived experience meets the shared world—where personal life, collective consequence, and social reality cross and ask to be carried whole. Each song is presented intact, with brief orientation and full lyrics.

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Spinning on a Prayer

This is a musical version of a poem I wrote in 1994

Spinning on a Prayer

00:00 / 03:16

© 2026 Ronda LaRue. All rights reserved.
Lyrics and music by Ronda LaRue.
For editorial, licensing, or broadcast inquiries: ronda@yrondalarue.com.

Lyrics

In our greatest imaginings,

who could dream a world such as this?

Who among us can, even now,

conceive of something as voluptuous

as the gentle commingling of earth to air

that brings an early morning dew?

…Or something as delicate

as a spider’s intricate web,

cloaked in wet droplets

and standing perfectly fragile—

yet intact and strong

as it is caressed by the morning’s first hues?

[The weaver spins her vast universe

within a thousand spectra of color,

casting a rainbow of infinite chance!]

…Or the glimmering of her shiny prisms

that catch notice of two out walking,

each to his own path,

stopping—

eye meets eye,

soul sees heart,

an impression of something

each once knew:

Two from the One emerges,

expressing a panoramic palette

and spilling a harvest of infinite choice...

And still,

a ceaseless and patient dawn rises

from the endless darkness of night.

This intricate and delicate world,

spinning silently on a prayer—

perfectly fragile,

yet intact and strong;

yielding and accepting

accepting and yielding

to that which we offer every moment,

each new day,

by way of our touch,

our prayer,

and our song.

Earth-for-Goodc.Ronda LaRue - SoulArt Studio

00:00 / 04:21

Earth for Good was written in response to the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Minnesotan Renee Nicole Good by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer in Minneapolis on January 7, 2026. Good — a mother, poet, and community member — was killed during a federal immigration enforcement operation, an event that sparked widespread mourning, vigils, and calls for accountability. Her life, compassion, and the circumstances of her death have inspired artists, poets, and activists to bear witness, to grieve, and to call for justice through the language of art.

Earth for Good

© 2026 Ronda LaRue. All rights reserved.
Lyrics and music by Ronda LaRue.
For editorial, licensing, or broadcast inquiries: ronda@yrondalarue.com.

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

I learned my name in water

A time long before there was you

I learned the way stones keep their promise

Before your hands came to view

Every scar has its own story

Every shape, reveals value and hew

I am not fixed nor self-determined,

I arise, again and again, ever anew

[Pre-Chorus 1]

You can sign your little pledges in fire

You can swear life is all by your plan

But the ground beneath your wanting

Has a much older footprint at hand

[Chorus 1]

I wasn’t drafted by heaven

I am not owned by fate

I am written in concert with atoms

By density with lengthier dates

By roots that refuse permission

By seasons that need not explain

By time that has no boundary, no lines

Nor wire cages meant to contain

[Verse 2]

I carry my records in fault lines

Salt history in my rich blood

I know how loss teaches listening

The way love leaves in dust and in mud

I don’t move in straight lines

I don’t bloom on command

What survives learns from bending

The only true lines in my band

[Pre-Chorus 2]

You can crown your fear, call it reason

You can call control “being strong”

But the truth keeps time with thunder

Carrying on long after you're gone

[Chorus 2]

I wasn’t drafted by your heaven

I am not owned by your own fate

I am jeweled in lustrous minerals

Melding with time wind and rain

I am the fault lines carving new channels

The fire that clears a new way

I am the stormy nights of wild love-making

I am dewdrops languishing next day

[Bridge]

I don’t answer to your clocks

I don’t kneel at your command

I belong to the Great spiral, ever-spinning

To the miraculous dance of this land

[Final Chorus-Outro]

I am the masterpiece, given

To what does not fall away – as to what will

To the lingering lament trails left in stone

Once you are long gone

Life and song turn again and again

Earth poetry returns over and again

and again.

Amen

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