10
For two days and nights
A watch was kept over old Elijah
By the medicine man
His new spirit warriors
Chanted before the house
Raising a prayer
Adding a strand of sweet grass
To the fire near them
With each new prayer
As their spirits bade them to
The spirits communicated
By the power of the spirit world
We had just returned from
Soon they would be silent guides again
When the sun began to set on the second day
They shouted as Elijah came out
Folding back the hide of his entranceway
He seemed like a new man to the young warriors
They whispered among each other
Elijah grunted to the men before him
He said only “I am hungry”
The medicine man and the young warriors
Each took a turn to touch Elijah
Saying only that it was good
What a happy feast took place then
They praised the success of the spirit journey
The spirit world had again been confirmed
The world was indeed good
With Elijah still here to enjoy it
The earth mother generous
Even the priest’s nod was happy
For he had arrived
After the feast had begun
He took Elijah by the shoulders
Saying, thank God
With tears of anguish on his face
He could not accept our journey
He said only one thing that night
That all of us could agree with
That God is mightier than any man
Might ever know
In that we could all praise God with him
The priest added that God in his great wisdom
Had affirmed His Greatness
Through one of his people
Allowing Elijah more time
To be with and teach his family and others
In the end, the hospital doctors could only say
That they must have mistaken Elijah’s condition
Ah well, not all can believe everything, everywhere
As some would never know the spirit world
That is sad indeed.
………………………………………………………………
11
In my own life
A quiet period followed
As I sought to become
More one with my world
In all of its intricacies
I found my guides taking turns
Accompanying me on sleep trips
To strange places
The great wolf taking me deep into the forest
Up high mountains
Into ancient caverns with strange drawings
The art of the ancestors
Giving accounts of great hunts
The danger of strange animals
Still others about their lives, and deaths
The great eagle would come too
Teaching me to fly with my inner soul
Saying perhaps one day I would do it in my world
We went to far corners of the world
He introduced me to the crow
To the hawk and to the owl
Who in turn taught me many things
About life, about the hunt
One night he took me higher
Higher than at any other time
We seemed to be under strange clouds
Like fine gossamer sheets
More like spider webs than cloth
He said to me that one day
He and I would go beyond the veils
To find my special teacher
Of the upper worlds
He said, for now be content
And more, he showed me
Where ancient gods had walked
Giving ancient wisdom to ‘the people’
The great bear would come as well
Introducing me to great animals
The moose, deer, cougar and elk
He showed me the rightness
Of the original food chain
How we are all dependent
On every other one of us
In time, he said, that
With intelligence we would, in time
Be as all of these.
……………………………………………………………….
12
I began to speak to the birds
To the rabbits and other creatures too
Their not being afraid of me
It seemed that they understood
For they would sit
Listen to me speak
Make some gesture
Whether it was a sound
Or perhaps a movement
I learned quickly
Whether they spoke to me
Or were simply afraid
Afraid of the man creature so near
I could feel within myself
That if my soul were at peace
With the natural world
That was all around me
Then the animals I met
Were at peace as well
And even a deer stood
Quietly by my path
He seemed to silently speak to me
I asked him if he were a spirit
He seemed to say no he wasn’t
But he made me know
That we were brothers
Sharing all of the bounty
Of the mother, perhaps in different ways
Everything serving a purpose
Which only He could do and understand
I marveled at the wisdom
Of the medicine man
For he had said this to me
Now I began to truly understand
I would sit in my chosen spirit place
There by the brook
Speak and share feelings
With any and all who came by
Many different animals came
Came and held council with me
I learned much about my world
Sitting by my spirit brook
I knew that someday
I would teach.
…………………………………………………………………………
For two days and nights
A watch was kept over old Elijah
By the medicine man
His new spirit warriors
Chanted before the house
Raising a prayer
Adding a strand of sweet grass
To the fire near them
With each new prayer
As their spirits bade them to
The spirits communicated
By the power of the spirit world
We had just returned from
Soon they would be silent guides again
When the sun began to set on the second day
They shouted as Elijah came out
Folding back the hide of his entranceway
He seemed like a new man to the young warriors
They whispered among each other
Elijah grunted to the men before him
He said only “I am hungry”
The medicine man and the young warriors
Each took a turn to touch Elijah
Saying only that it was good
What a happy feast took place then
They praised the success of the spirit journey
The spirit world had again been confirmed
The world was indeed good
With Elijah still here to enjoy it
The earth mother generous
Even the priest’s nod was happy
For he had arrived
After the feast had begun
He took Elijah by the shoulders
Saying, thank God
With tears of anguish on his face
He could not accept our journey
He said only one thing that night
That all of us could agree with
That God is mightier than any man
Might ever know
In that we could all praise God with him
The priest added that God in his great wisdom
Had affirmed His Greatness
Through one of his people
Allowing Elijah more time
To be with and teach his family and others
In the end, the hospital doctors could only say
That they must have mistaken Elijah’s condition
Ah well, not all can believe everything, everywhere
As some would never know the spirit world
That is sad indeed.
………………………………………………………………
11
In my own life
A quiet period followed
As I sought to become
More one with my world
In all of its intricacies
I found my guides taking turns
Accompanying me on sleep trips
To strange places
The great wolf taking me deep into the forest
Up high mountains
Into ancient caverns with strange drawings
The art of the ancestors
Giving accounts of great hunts
The danger of strange animals
Still others about their lives, and deaths
The great eagle would come too
Teaching me to fly with my inner soul
Saying perhaps one day I would do it in my world
We went to far corners of the world
He introduced me to the crow
To the hawk and to the owl
Who in turn taught me many things
About life, about the hunt
One night he took me higher
Higher than at any other time
We seemed to be under strange clouds
Like fine gossamer sheets
More like spider webs than cloth
He said to me that one day
He and I would go beyond the veils
To find my special teacher
Of the upper worlds
He said, for now be content
And more, he showed me
Where ancient gods had walked
Giving ancient wisdom to ‘the people’
The great bear would come as well
Introducing me to great animals
The moose, deer, cougar and elk
He showed me the rightness
Of the original food chain
How we are all dependent
On every other one of us
In time, he said, that
With intelligence we would, in time
Be as all of these.
……………………………………………………………….
12
I began to speak to the birds
To the rabbits and other creatures too
Their not being afraid of me
It seemed that they understood
For they would sit
Listen to me speak
Make some gesture
Whether it was a sound
Or perhaps a movement
I learned quickly
Whether they spoke to me
Or were simply afraid
Afraid of the man creature so near
I could feel within myself
That if my soul were at peace
With the natural world
That was all around me
Then the animals I met
Were at peace as well
And even a deer stood
Quietly by my path
He seemed to silently speak to me
I asked him if he were a spirit
He seemed to say no he wasn’t
But he made me know
That we were brothers
Sharing all of the bounty
Of the mother, perhaps in different ways
Everything serving a purpose
Which only He could do and understand
I marveled at the wisdom
Of the medicine man
For he had said this to me
Now I began to truly understand
I would sit in my chosen spirit place
There by the brook
Speak and share feelings
With any and all who came by
Many different animals came
Came and held council with me
I learned much about my world
Sitting by my spirit brook
I knew that someday
I would teach.
…………………………………………………………………………
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