The Red Man Through White Eyes
By Sierra St. Francis published at Smashwords
Copyright 2011 Sierra St. Francis
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Table of Contents
1. Circle of Life
2. Oh! Mother Earth
3. The Medicine man
4. The Buffalo
5. The Chief and His Search
6. My Flight with the Creator
7. The Vision
8. Wemtompatitea (Come my Brother)
9. Little River
10. Scared Buffalo
11. Spirit of the Wolf
12. The Love Flute
13. The Red Tailed Hawk
14. What is Music?
15. The Bow
16. Grandfather Drum
17. Wabanang (Eastern Star/Morning Star)
18. The Winged Gifts
19. The Ceremonial Dance
20. The Teepee
Circle of Life
In the beginning there is but a star.
Held deep inside the soul of an unborn child.
Lit, it grows and now can be seen from afar.
Blessed by the Creator, free and wild.
The stars blossom and grow brighter.
The unborn child now grows within the womb.
Life in its tiny hand is grasped and embraced tighter.
Challenges and tragedies on the outside wait and loom.
The star explodes into the night sky
The child breathes its first breath.
The mother's heart races and like an eagle flies.
She holds the child and places it to her breast.
The star and child are now one
Growing and learning the Creator’s way.
The circle of life has begun
To weave memories that will forever stay.
Oh Mother Earth
Oh Mother Earth
The tears you cry over the people.
We have strayed from your way.
Oh Mother Earth
Can you find it in your soul?
To forgive your wandering children?
Oh Mother Earth
Please teach us once again
The path of our ancestors.
Oh Mother Earth
Allow Father Sun to warm us
And bring light into our darkened hearts.
Oh Mother Earth
Please Forgive us and cry no more.
For we are your children.
The People and human.
The Medicine Man
Elder and Grandfather of all.
Keeper of stories yet to be told.
His heart flows like the waterfall.
And his spirit is free and bold.
Gentle with his touch and healing.
His knowledge told to him in whispers.
Secretive in his dealings,
Except with the spirit keepers.
He listens with his whole heart.
To what the animals shall say.
Life and death is he part
They make of him each day.
Praying and gathering herbs of life.
To teach us all wrong and right.
His wit is as sharp as a knife
And as bright as the full moon's light.
The medicine man of yesterday.
Where have you gone?
Are you where the Eagle's play
Or in the notes of our children's songs?
The Buffalo
The fog and dew stretch over the land.
The Grandfather holds time in his hands.