Two Poems for two weeks…

NATIVE AMERICAN….

DANCING BRAVES

FROM NATURES WOMB

WITH GENTLE SIGHS

AND HAUNTING TUNES

YOU RODE THE PLAINS

WHERE EAGLES SOARED

WHILE CHASING DREAMS

THAT ARE NO MORE

WITH TOTEM POLES

THAT TOUCHED THE SKY

BENEATH THE STARS

EACH NIGHT YOU’D LIE

TO WATCH THE CLOUDS

CARESS THE MOON

AS SEASONS WANDERED

IN GRATEFUL PLUME

THE CAMPFIRE AMBER

WOULD CHASE THE AIR

WHILE ALL AROUND

WOULD PRAISE THE BEAR

BUT HE LIKE YOU

WAS PUSHED ASIDE

SO PICKET FENCES

COULD RESIDE

NO MORE THE BUFFS

WHERE FREE TO ROAM

NOW CAME THE CATTLE

TO TAKE THEIR HOME

BUT GOLDEN SPIRIT

KNOWS YOUR PLIGHT

AND HOPES ONE DAY

TO MAKE THINGS RIGHT

FOR YOU SWEET NATURES JOY 

Outside the now

Sometimes while I’m in motion

I step outside the now

Reflecting on the universe

And wondering where and how

The stars they go in daytime

The moon it disappears

And why the trees in forests

Play noises in my ears

Why do the restless oceans

Keep beating on the shore

And why do tiny snowflakes

Make patterns on the floor

What makes the smiles on faces

At times just disappear

And leave behind a teardrop

To wash away my fears

Why do a babies giggles

Make me glow inside

And when somebody scares me

Why do I want to hide

Why do I chase each moment

As if it were my last

Reflecting on my future

As it repeats my past

Why do I look to heaven

What do I think I’ll see

Maybe God and all his Angels

Just smiling down on me

Thought To Ponder – Power without wisdom collapses under it’s own weight – Horace

Music on You Tube – Wandering Star – Lee Marvin