HEARTBEATS IN THE DRUM

OUR PEOPLE CHANT AND BEAT THE DRUM,
AS WE DANCE AND WAVE OUR FANS,
FEATHERS BOUNCE AND SWAY,
ON REGALIAS FROM MANY CLANS...

THERE ARE COLORS OF MOTHER EARTH,
ON DRESSES SEWN BY HAND,
BUCKSKINS AND MOCCASINS ALL AROUND,
MAKING PATTERNS IN THE SAND...

WITH EACH STEP THEY TAKE,
AND THE SWAY OF EVERY SHAWL,
OUR ANCESTORS ARE HONORED,
OUR PEOPLE STAND VERY TALL...

WITH PRIDE AND HONOR WE ALL RESPECT,
OUR CREATOR AND MOTHER EARTH,
IN DANCE AND SONG WE LET THEM KNOW,
IN OUR HEARTS THEY'RE MANY WORTHS...

THEIR MEMORIES REMAIN WITH US,
AS WE DANCE TO THE BEAT OF THE DRUM,
HEARTS RACE AND ARE FILLED WITH LOVE,
WHILE CALLING THE SPIRITS TO COME...

THUNDER FROM THE GREAT BEYOND,
IS THE SOUND THAT THE DRUM MAKES,
WE FEEL IT DEEP WITHIN OUR SOULS,
WE PRAY FOR ALL OUR SAKES...

FOR PEACE AMONG OUR PEOPLE,
HONOR AND RESPECT WE PLEA,
TO BE TREATED IN A WAY,
THAT WE ALL DESERVE TO BE...

LISTEN TO THE DRUM WITH INTENSITY,
AND WITH AN OPEN HEART,
HEAR THE HEARTBEATS HIDDEN THERE,
WITH SINCERITY WE TAKE PART...

THEY ARE THE HEARTBEATS OF OUR PEOPLE,
IN STRONG AND HONEST TONES,
THEY BEAT FOR EACH AND EVERYONE,
UNTIL WE ARE ALL CALLED HOME...

SO WHEN YOU HEAR OUR DRUMS,
REMEMBER THE ANCESTORS WHO HAVE PASSED,
SHOW THEM THE RESPECT THAT THEY DESERVE,
FORE WE SOON MAY BE THE LAST...

HEARTBEATS THUNDERING WITHIN THE DRUM,
AND IN OURSELVES AS WELL,
WE WILL REMAIN A PRINCIPLE PEOPLE,
IN THE STORIES THE DRUMS WILL TELL.

BY: JOYCE MOUNTAIN LION KOZIC
TWO HAWKS CLAN
SEPT. 29, 1999

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