IT IS NOT MY TRADITIONAL WAY

the bonfire raged
we danced
our prayer dance
"Thank you Great Spirit for the rain"
       EAT HIS BODY
       DRINK HIS BLOOD
       DO THIS IN MEMORY
       OF ME
the campfire crackled
the elders passed the pipe
the smoke generational
consultation
the scent of wisdom
taught by the great
Mother Earth
       I AM THE WAY
       THE TRUTH
       AND THE LIGHT
       THOSE WHO BELIEVE
       IN ME
       WILL HAVE ETERNAL
"Life is all
around us
the trees speak of the
ground, the ground speaks
of the sky"
that's what my Grandmother said
       GOD SAID THAY COULD
       EAT FROM ANY TREE IN
       THE GARDEN
       EXCEPT THE TREE OF KNOWLEDGE
life and death
the cycle of seasons
male and female
we are part of
each other
       REPENT AND BE SAVED
       FOR THE END IS NEAR
Close by
is my spirit guide
a million ancestors
who've lived without
the guilt
of a European god

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