Walk On

Good morning, Grandfather

I entered this life a ways back

And put skin on to walk two-legged on this creation

And what a glorious time it was

It taught me about breath

And about sensing and feeling and caring through my heart

And I walked on around that red road

Looking and trying to understand more

About the mystery and the secrets she holds

And you spoke to me through the wind

And you sang to me through the birds

And you brought challenges forth so that I might

Listen to the message you bring me more sincerely

And I kept walking down this road

And I came round the bend at the middle of that curve in the road

And I began to find a secret in the spirit of myself

And still I walked on

Sometimes blind and deaf

And sometimes with pain

But I fought with my fears

And I embraced my unknowingness

And still I walked on

And my children and my family stood with me

And we came to know each other in those

Later years more than we had before

For some of our falseness had fallen away

And still I walked on

And I kept walking on this road towards you

Towards that other world that grew closer to me with each step

And as the door of the Great Spirit world came closer

My fear loomed up inside sometimes

But something called me forth

The morning star rose with each day

And my prayer became a centering

And still I walked on

Until I began to hear the song of the Mother

And her arms embraced me so

That instead of walking, she carried me right to the door

And as the door opened, I heard her song

And her song lifted me up

So I could soar