Thursday, January 31, 2019

The Nursery / ᏗᎦᏘᏗᏍᏗ-ᏗᏂᏲᏟ

In the nursery there are birds
and butterflies,
animals of every kind,
and a big box of toys.
We can be happy,
girls and boys,
if we survive
the nursery.

We shall live long lives
if the nursery
survives us.

ᏗᎦᏘᏗᏍᏗ-ᏗᏂᏲᏟ ᎭᏫᎾ
ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᏥᏍᏆᏗ ᎠᎴ ᎧᎹᎹᏗ,
ᏂᎦᏛ ᎤᏍᏗ ᎦᎾᏝᎢᏗ,
ᎠᎴ ᎡᏆ ᎧᏁᏌᎢ ᏗᏁᎸᏙᏗ.
ᎢᏧᎳ ᏰᎵᏆᏎ ᎨᏒᎢ ᎠᎵᎮᎵᏍᏗ,
ᎠᎨᏳᏣᏗ ᎠᎴ ᎠᏧᏣᏗ,
ᎢᏳᏃ ᎢᏧᎳ ᎬᎵᏱᎵᏐᏎ-ᎠᎴᏂᏙᎢ
ᏗᎦᏘᏗᏍᏗ-ᏗᏂᏲᏟ ᎤᎶᏐᏅ.

ᎢᏧᎳ ᎠᎴᏂᏙᎣᏎ ᎦᏅᎯᏓ ᎥᎴᏂᏙᎲᏗᏁ
ᎢᏳᏃ ᏗᎦᏘᏗᏍᏗ-ᏗᏂᏲᏟ
ᎬᎵᏱᎵᏐᏎ-ᎠᎴᏂᏙᎢ
ᎢᏧᎸ ᎤᎶᏐᏅ.

Text © 2019 by Donald C. Traxler.

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