Teach Me by Johnny Mott I look around me and,
I find myself in deep thoughts.
Mother earth, the oldest of all creation,
teach me of the pain you felt. Father sun up in the sky,
teach me of the seasons you made to change.
Wind, be the voice that I may hear,
in a gentle breeze or in the angry thunder. Again I ask you oh father sun teach me, of the things you saw your Native American children do as you hung over the earth, observing your children. It has been told your native children, honored, loved and respected you Mother Earth. I sat in silence, watching and waiting for a voice, perhaps the Spirit or Spirits of the native children. The sound of silence was the only voice I heard, then the wind spoke with a gentle breeze. I started to understand I was going to perhaps, receive the knowledge I ask for. I prayed harder, teach me of your children, of long ago Mother Earth. "They Paid A Costly Price" that is what the voice said, You ask to be taught, you showed patience. The children starved, grieved and were Slaughtered by foreign invaders of every walk of life. There were times the clouds hung over the children observing not giving me Mother Earth a drink for I had rivers, ponds and vast supplies of water in my chosen land. There was a time the grass grew due to the blood the Native people gave to Mother Earth in persecution. Their Spirits can be heard in gentle breezes, perhaps in the crayons, caves or in pain from the angry thunder or lightening in the sky. Perhaps the seeds they planted when they arrived has developed and is being harvested. The children of the native people knew fear, So do they today! They saw native people slaughtered, they see it now amongst their own people. Mother earth your body is full of those slain and aged. The red clay soil you hold, Could it be the markings of heavy blood flow? Perhaps the seed did grow in the soil of slain native people. Now I close my eyes, darkness fills around me.
Thank you Mother Earth for teaching me.
One of the decedents of your native children,
for even in the darkness you let me see. |
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