Friday, December 18, 2015

Smudging to Honor Mother Earth




pungent sage smoke
waved by dead bird feathers
over brightly clad war dancers
fancy dancers
warning evil spirits not to tread

left over native americans
intending to hold onto whatever
ancestry we haven’t trampled on
or stripped them of

ceremoniously backing out of sacred circles
honoring mother earth
with hands raised
just giving us just a taste of
what we could have saved


Sandra L. Hazley


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