I guess this should be termed a prayer. It sums up the thoughts that were running around in this head of mine when "our boys" were starting to be sent to Iraq. I had ALOT of mixed emotions about all of that, and I still do. One night it was really heavy on my mind so I started writing what I had been thinking and what I had been doing. This is just a summation of all that was going on in my mind at the time. I've yet to move on to the place I speak of in this, but it's because I just wouldn't feel right living in safety when there are others sooooooo in harm's way. I know that one of these days I will be moving on, but it just doesn't "feel right" at this point in time.
"Oh Great Spirit, my heart is heavy once again.
I see many souls walking this earth in anger and in hatred.
And our warriors have gone to fight battles of unknown proportion.
Brother Hawk has given me visions of a familiar place high in the mountains.
My heart cries to go there, but my mind resists.
With this life of mine having only a few years left, it does not seem right that my brothers and sisters are left behind while I move on to a place of tranquility and peace.
My brothers and sisters are raising the generations that will care for Mother Earth in the future.
I don't understand why a woman of many lives would be led to a place of peace while the generations of the future are left in harms way.
I've spoken my thoughts to Two Horses and his response was, "And so you are wiser than the Hawk? Now go, my Feathered Wolf Woman, prepare yourself."
I humbly ask you, Great Spirit,
Please guilde my path on these new steps in this life.
Aho!"
(Mokijune W. Raentree)