| THIS NITE
The smell of cedar and sage fill the air, the fire's smoke, pungent, strong, red hot embers burn there, in the fire that burns hot and strong, accompanying me in singing my song. I sang out sounds of pain, of gentleness, despair and joy. The sweet smell of cedar filled the night air, the sage intermingling, encircling the hot burning fire in the center of the circle there. There in the night, with the woods all around, encircled by trees - a heavenly crown and up above - just raise my head, a canopy of stars, all sizes and shades of bright colored light - some shooting through the sky, against a backdrop of tonight's dark night sky, a heavenly sight. The Great Star Nation..... beckoning, come my child, it is Peace I bring, and the time is now. The winds began, encircling around and around, through the tops of the trees - a special mountain sound. Cracking sounds in the woods, brother animals coming around, close to the circle of cedar and sage, of the bright burning fire encircled with love, from the Ancient Spirits who have traveled from above..to join us as one, Family, a gathering song, an offering. Together again, touched within, now the real test of my life begins. There is much to do and learn and know - and to walk this road, can be painful, and often too slow. A heavy burden I carry on my back, but tonight oh tonight, the fire burned so bright! Crackled, hot, with embers aglow - a sky filled with stars and beauty and the sound of the wind, the animals walking, it's time to begin - to get back within that Sacred Circle again. I stand there and stare up at the night sky, see the glow of life encircling me, and I know there are things that lie ahead - we must walk on and face our fate. For each are here, for a purpose I know, and as varied and colorful as the stars in this night's bright sky....each of us must walk our lives, and hope to be like the dark night sky - a colored star, big and bright, shining down with wisdom and loving light. © Svhyeyi Aga~Evening Rain Cherokee August 11, 2001 |
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