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Drum Beats

April 13, 2015
By LoneStorm SILVER, Nashotah, Wisconsin
LoneStorm SILVER, Nashotah, Wisconsin
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.&quot;<br /> --Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.


Grace...he gallops through golden plains, you bent low on his back. Your friend.
    Honor...courses through his flanks to your spirit. Your comrade.
        Majesty...flowing mane reflecting starlight.  Your brother.

 

Hoof beats -- your spirit runs

 

Free...her soaring nigh the sun while you gaze in wonder.  You pray.
    Courage...her fallen feather in your hair.  You dance.
        Radiance...her sheen of plumage worth more than gold in mountains.  You smile.

 

Wing beats -- your spirit soars

 

Thrill…a rumble across crimson horizon to the cliff.  Thank bravery.
    Amazed…bison quake the earth -- you draw your bow. Thank fate.
        Gratitude...“Pilamiya pelo,” you whisper.  Thank you.

 

Heart beats -- your spirit fills


Shock...this white man calls them ‘animal.’  Not brother.
    Outrage…her bloodied wings claims the ground.  Not her.
       Inhuman…precious life thundered away by rifle.  Not forgivable.

 

Drum beats -- your spirit falls
 


The author's comments:

A poem about the relationship between Native Americans and animals


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