Horse Nation

I have come to bury my blindness

Lay thee well in soft feathered grounds of divinity

I have come to sing, where eyes will listen as others before,

My chanting death in looming wilderness

I stand,

Rising to battle,

A bloom of light

Descendant, against the hide of my drum

Where I will sing out my spirit

I will reach to my brother in oneness

In silence "

I will look to Horse Nation

Building in heart

Its’ sacred beat

In morning white bird I will wake

To the roll of new winds

Father Sun to the holy infinite

Spirit

Billowing in amber grass

Galloping under young sky

Again given these wings that will lift in curious eyes

The Buffalo standing

Still unforgotten

I will sing as the River lips over stars of stone

The slow awakening

Its moan to its purity

 

O Mother of all nations

Where have you flown

Your wisp of hair in golden end

Now falling

I still taste the earth I remember

Not many moons ago

We, as one, walked together and

Spoke of harmony soon to come

Now, our tears of salt weep

Death hides in endless web

Risen lands turn to ice  

Our paths …

Our way to our children grows dry and weary

The blood from our soldiers,

Once, hardened in peace

Now flows in permanence below

I will follow the road of red

And at the root of willow I will sing once more

In the ‘lume of a trillion stars I shall dance a feather of eagle

I will walk the sleep of young night’s winter

I will call into the memory of Horse Nation

And I will wake in prayers surrounded

Mitakuye Oyasin

Reviews

[Kristallo]

It seems there are many experiences being described here. So many lines really shined for me, "A bloom of light..." and, "I will sing as the river lips over stars of stone." Such a uniquely vibrant use of imagery, and so undeniably YOU. This piece has a native richness to it, of a solitary journey through rustic backdrops through places and splices in time unknown; unchallenged... but there is also nostalgia here, as you recollect of favored times past, comparing it to the "death who hides in endless web" of the present.

I adored it, to put it lightly. This piece is exceptional.

[Perdition]

I miss you more than these words thenselves...Until your magical return ...Thanks~

[Priscilla Sayers]

Beautiful. Breath taking...
I'm speechless my friend. Utterly speechless.

[Perdition]

You? Speechless??...lol, Thanks~

[MAC]

This is brilliant!

[Perdition]

Only a year later...lol. THANKS!!

[Alisa Js]

Happy holidays,

It is true that we are indeed all related in everyway and wouldn't the world be a much better place if we not only acknowledged that fact but lived it?

What a better universe this would be!

This piece serves as a somber reminder that we, as a nation, as a people have not, sadly.

;-(

I hear the footsteps of the courageous warrior as he walks alone. Excellent as always!

Catch up soon,

alisa ;-)

[Perdition]

Alone?? Soon????/lol Thanks H.

[Alisa Js]

I know you are never alone...but you know what I mean, right????

Wishing you a great weekend ....

[Alisa Js]

Hello again, fellow poet-friend...

Saw this and will return.

Wishing you a great everything.

alisa ;-)