The Path

Lakota People
Standing proud and free
Still seeking,and yearning
For what once used to be

Living in squalor
And in forced shame
Now is the time
To break those chains

Hold to the ways
Still strong and true
Know in your heart
They are still there for you

Be like a willow
Bending in the wind
That life - once known -
Will never truely end

Listen with your heart
To the Elders' wisdom and lore
Seeking always that path
Of sacred truth once more

Once the first step
On that path is taken
Forever your people's ways
No more to be forsaken

The path long and hard
to walk straight and true
Remember that always
Great Spirit walks with you

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Poem and artwork are copyrighted by Jan Tallevast 1997. Permission for usage of either must be made by emailing me. No commercial usage will be allowed.