The WAY

by Johnny Tongues of Birds

(Translated from the Sioux)

Into the Gray World of Life should come a Water-Mind discipline of flowing with the punches,
with Love and any insanity Life throws into our path.
But do not forget that Waves also crash and make beautiful monuments of stone
and that frigid ice can make bridges to new lands.
Love! Run! See! Fly! Create!
Lift your voice and your spirit every day to anyone who will hear!
And to your self if no one else is around.
(There is always someone listening.)
Love it allÐLife.
Stop and look at the sky for awe and wonder and guidance,
look to the mountains, the blue oceans,
the green seas, to the eyes of hawks and dogs and ravens too,
to the lionÕs tooth and the butterflyÕs wingÐThey are all places within,
brothers and sisters to the same first Holy ParentsÉ
And most of all, never loose the faith in whatever you kneel toÉ
even if itÕs only stubbornness.
After all, we are the stuff as stars.

©2000DavidCaplan