THE TRAIL OF TEARS
  
 OH GREAT SPIRIT
 BROTHERS, SISTERS OF TRIBAL CLAN
 THE ROSE OF BEAUTY PURE AND RARE
 CARRIED UPON THE WINDS OF DISPAIR.
  
 THE SONG SHED BY TEARS..
 FALLING FROM THE  BLUE SKY
 THE ACHE OF EACH HEART
 BEATS UPON THE DRUMS.
  
 IN DREAMS OF ANCIENT TIME
 THE WEAVE OF THE WEB
 WITH AGEING HANDS
 ANCESTORS TRAVEL UPON BROTHER WIND
 AS THE SUN RISES.
  
 THE DUSK SHIMMERING 
 WITH CLOUDS OF PASTELS
 ETCHED INTO THE MEMOIRS 
 OF MODERN ETHOS
 OLD AND NEW JOIN IN THE CLASPING OF HANDS.
  
 IN THE GREAT CIRCLE
 THE FIRE BURNS
 AS EACH SOUL WAITS FOR THE RETURN..
 THE SPIRIT TO COME ALIVE ONCE MORE
 ON THE JOURNEY OF THE GREAT TRAIL.
  
 THE TEARS DO FALL
 JUST LIKE THE RAIN
 QUENCHING THE HEARTS OF THIER THOUGHTS
 THE RIVER EBBS UPON THE BANKS FULL.
  
 WITH OUT THEM FLOWERS CAN NOT GROW
 NOR THE SCARED ROSE
 FROM THE JOURENY LONG AGO...
 IN THE ESSENCE OF THE LIGHT
 THE STRUGGLE THE FIGHT.
  
 AS BROTHER EAGLE SOARS SO HIGH
 OH KINDRED BROTHERS 
 UNITE WITH SIGNS CLUSTERED BY FORMING CLOUDS.
 THE SCENT OF THIS WAFTING BLOOM
 EASES THE PAIN .
  
 FROM THE CROWN
 OF CENTRED GOLD
 WISDOM
  RESIDES FROM WITHIN
 THIS DELICATE ROSE.
 AND THE PETALS RIPPLE AND FLOAT UPON 
 THE WIND.
  
  
 AHO.......
  
 THE TRAIL OF TEARS
 THUS THE ROSE CONTINUES
 TO GROW.
  
  
 WRITTEN BY AMAZONMUM
 22ND SEPTEMBER 2008