Friday 21 February 2014

Our Beginning

Inside of us all..I feel it.
Around all of us..I see it.
I would go to war with you.
All of you I would protect.

In the simpler times....
In the good times.
Life was felt as much seen.
Our senses sharp, quick, full.

We would spy a bird to inspire dreams.
We would watch the wolves as they hunt.
We would see the ants work as one.
We would respect the bear protecting her cubs.

Afterlife was known as if life.
We drifted into these realms while alive.
We felt the earth's energy at all times.
And it felt us back...with love.

In dreams in daylight at all times.
The spirits talked with us and we heard.
Animal, Ancestor, Earth, Sky, Upper, Lower.
The Great One surrounding us all.

They tell us it was survival of the fittest.
They tell us we scrapped and clawed.
They tell us it was a harsh cruel world.
They tell us we lived in death and pain.

Our ancestors laugh at this, as do I.
The hunters in your family say we all ate well.
Your eon ago Grandmothers sang to your beginnings.
Your eon ago Grandfathers danced with your past.

They lived and died with no fear.
Having walked the spirit path with breath in lungs.
They laughed and cried with full hearts.
Knowing smiles and tears held no shame.

We are so much more then we know.
We are powerful in our life and spirit.
We belong to the earth as much as soil.
We belong to the air as much as cloud.

You are human, horse, bird, and wolf.
They will come if you call.
We are brother, sister, and friends.
They miss us.
And I miss us too.

by Brad Dawson
Words In Motion 2014

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