The Teller's Chindi

....a question of balance

The Teller’s Chindi

 

 

blown by ancient winds,

wanders through the arroyos

and mesas.

His anger rose

with each sun,

as the ‘Old One’s’ stories

dissolve within the cliff pueblos,

and is eaten by coyote’s breath

among today’s Dine.

 

He is angry,

his spirit roams,

can not find a place to rest.

He longs to tell

of Spider Woman,

Na’ ashj ii Asdz,

the woman who wove the universe

into being;

taught the people the “Beauty Way”,

and the balance between all things.

 

The Teller's Chindi is angry

because so few

knew how Monster Slayer

and Born To Water

slayed Ye’iitsoh

near Mt. Taylor.

Without the ‘telling’,

and weaving the Origin stories,

Ye’iitsoh has risen again.

 

Without the ‘telling’,

the Beauty Way and balance

has been broken.

The world is in grave danger

and the Teller’s Chindi

is angry, with no place to rest.

 

Aztec Warrior/redzone 5.24.21

Author's Note

....thanks for reading

Reviews

[Ruth]

I agree with Jacob...this kind of poetry is something you excel at. The sheer depth to this piece has a horizon of visionary layers to it, the energy vast and reaching has a potency modernity is arrested by...wonderful writing, as always :)

[jacob erin-cilberto]

you are amazing with these story poems....and the art you put into describing the important aspects of your culture.
I am quite taken by the spirituality of this piece...
j.

[redzone]

thanks so much for your comment Jacob.... it's very true, spirituality was woven into native american culture and their understand of the beauty and balance within and among all things.... in these poems I try to bring forth in a truthful way this culture and these stories.... I only hope that in the telling, I honor them....

[Carlos Lorenzo Estrada]

Thank you for sharing this work my friend. I enjoy reading the folklore of Native America and the tales of the Navajo. There is such a beauty in the culture which resonates its love for nature and how spirit of all things reside therein. Thank you for sharing your art.

[redzone]

and thank you Carlos for your kind words.... glad you appreciated the beauty of the culture....