Indian people
get out of the way
there is no room
now for you to pray
We are threatened
by your sacred ways
so Indian people
why do you still pray
Indian People
your God is not good
pray at our altars
not where you once stood
Your god has denied you
Indian people once proud
prayer should be silent
not said out loud
Indian Elder looking
at mountain once sacred
still knowing in his heart
that he is not forsaken
A voice deep inside
speaks of Mother Earth and Father Sky
his spirits have not left him
his soul shall never die
Indian Elders knowing
that once more it shall be
their once sacred places
to pray there again... free
Poem and art by Jan Tallevast