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Fire Dancer
The sky is dark save for one star
The Buffalo
Hunt
The day has come - the time is here
RavenWolf
Gentle breezes stroke the pines
The Journey
In fitful sleep I spend the night
The Dream Catcher
A willow branch is bent to form
our dear Brother
and friend.
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Fire
Dancer
The
Buffalo Hunt
RavenWolf
The
Journey
The Dream
Catcher
Every Love
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A radiant blaze of white
Beneath it burns a ritual fire
Flames reaching for the night
Four Shamans in a circle sit
The cardinal points portrayed
Each chants an urgent message
Their words are now relayed
They reached the Great Ones spirit
Rising with the smoke
He listened as each beckoned
Then paused before he spoke
As silence came - footsteps fell
Like thunder on the ground
A figure moves among them
Emotions here abound
A rattle whirrs - a flute is played
A drum beats slow and strong
This one in skins begins his dance
The Great One hears his song
The seeker plays his sacred role
As done those times before
He asks that life be given
To his people ever more
The village waits to hear the words
The Great Ones final answer
They know that it will come through
him
This honored Fire Dancer
© Brother Wolf '99
Excitement starts to build
A distant rumble tells them
Their need will be fulfilled
It's time again to ride the plains
It's time again to praise
Each woman - child and every man
Allows their voice to raise
The Great One knows he must provide
The food - and light the way
Insuring that the people here
Will live another day
The village now begins to move
Advancing toward the sun
Preparations long since made
The work now quickly done
Braves on horseback bows held high
Ride off to find the band
The buffalo which offers life
Has moved onto their land
This rite has been repeated
Each knows what they must do
Each life which ends upon this day
Tomorrow will renew
Behind a hill the hunters wait
They strain to catch the sound
The thunder of ten thousand hooves
Is felt to shake the ground
The sight is one to stir the mind
The goal will been attained
And it will be with honor
When the ground is finally
stained
With blood of death and blood of
life
But in the end - the same
The ritual has started
An everlasting flame
Beasts stampede with nostrils flared
Eyes bulge wide with fear
One arrow struck into a heart
Will see a life end here
Ponies carry riders close
In conflict each one strives
To use their skill and cunning
Knowing only one survives
The herd has passed this hunt is
done
The people shall exalt
With ceremony - prayer and gift
They are absolved of fault
They have thanked the spirit
Of the mighty buffalo
For bringing them this gift of life
Emotions ebb and flow
Each beast will now be rendered
This task is done with haste
Down to bone and sinew
Too precious here to waste
Travois loaded full with food
The journey home is long
And as they move together
The air is filled with song
Then as if by signal
Sent down from high above
The mood within the village
Evolves to find great love
This time is for spirits
A peace must now be made
A sacrament at sunrise
The skulls must now be laid
Every one will face the east
To greet the rising sun
The man - the beast their spirit
joined
Forever now are one
The very best of all the hides
An artist paints in rite
He carries it in reverence
To be placed upon this site
To honor all the spirits
To live for mother earth
Continuing the circle
Once more to see new birth
It's clear now why this happens
This need to take and give
The buffalo releases life
So that the people live
Brother Wolf '99
Suns warmth descends to earth
Shadows walk the forest floor
Spirits dance in mirth
Here roam two of earth's great
creatures
Free yet unaware
That
destiny will join their paths
Forever they will share
The bond which only few will know
That tethers heart to heart
And in that instant love will come
To never let them part
One will always be the other
Connected they will know
Every joy and every sadness
And then it will show
That here within this time and place
Their souls do now converge
Wrapped inside a shawl of love
As past and future merge
The raven glides to reach the ground
The wolf awaits her there
And then with magic powers
They life into the air
When on this night they roam the
stars
Deep into the sky
The white wolf howls and listens for
The raven's sweet reply
If you look up and listen
Then open up your mind
To let your spirit wander free
This love you'll also find
Bro Wolf '99
A dream has come to me
It takes me back so long ago
To show me who I'll be
My search for truth transports me
I stand atop a hill
Beneath an ancient towering Oak
The world for me stands still
What life is this - what now awaits
Who was I long ago
I feel a spirit with me now
So much I need to know
My eyes are drawn to focus
On an image far away
A figure cloaked in raven black
It does not move or sway
And now a force within me
Pulls strongly at my mind
This feeling leaves me helpless
I must travel there to find
The reason I am here this day
What does this image mean
Will it give the answer
This knowledge I must glean
I race across the valley
A gentle stream I wade
The image - now a woman and
I know why she has stayed
Around her waist a tether
I see that she is bound
With one end tightly tied to her
The other to the ground.
Behind her stand in silence
A hundred braves or more
I halt and start to tremble
This chills me to my core
Then one approaches slowly
With hand raised - points to show
The entrance to a mountain cave
He signs - take her and go
With his knife he cuts the strap
It's clear he means no harm
She walks to me with gentle hand
And ties it to my arm
The reason for this dream of mine
Has started to unfold
And once inside the darkened cave
I know I will be told
She has maintained her silence
But still I hear her voice
We're once again together
She says - we must rejoice
I know now we have had this bond
For several hundred years
And from this moment onward
We'll cast off all our fears
Now here and for the final time
Our lives have joined as one
And on into the future
We'll walk toward the sun
I now awake to feel the joy
The answers have been shown
My search is finally over
I'll never be alone
This is not ours to question
It's not ours to control
We're simply joined together
In heart and mind and soul
She was sent to bring me here
This is clear to me
As we continue through this life
What we've been - we'll be
© Brother Wolf '99
A circle to portend
The unity of The People
From beginning to the end
Then back to the beginning
A cycle ne'er to break
A guide throughout a lifetime
One which will not forsake
Then all around the circle
Offerings were tied
To represent those things in life
By which we shall abide
Feathers - beads - a tuft of fur
And silken strands of hair
Decorate the hoop as it
Swings freely in the air.
Lakota legend tell us
Just how this came to be
A spider and great teacher
Would let our dreams flow free
Iktomi reached to lift the hoop
And then began to spin
A web to fill the circle
Completely from within
But at the very center
He left a single hole
In order that the bad dreams
Remain in its control
He spoke then of life's forces
There are good he said - and sad
The web will catch the good ones
The hole will guide the bad
Away from those beneath it
To vanish with the sun
Ideas - hopes and dreams will be
Allowed to freely run
And to this day it still remains
As told so long ago
Belief in the Great Spirit
Will always live to show
That when this sacred hoop is hung
Above a place for sleep
The Dream Catcher protects us
Its offerings ours to reap
Brother Wolf © '99
