This Body / ᎯᎠ ᎠᏰᎸ

This body is only a remnant
of what it was,
but what it lacks
in youth and strength,
it has in embodiment
of pure spirit.

ᎯᎠ ᎠᏰᎸ ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᎤᏩᏌ ᏩᎵᏃᎯᏯᏍᎬ
Ꮎ ᎨᏒᎢᏎ ᎥᎿᎢ,
ᎠᏎᏃ Ꮎ ᎦᎷᎶᎦᏎ
ᎠᏚᏍᎩ ᎠᎴ ᏄᎵᏂᎬᎬ ᎭᏫᎾ,
ᎤᎭ ᎠᏰᎸᎢᏍᏙ ᎭᏫᎾ
ᎤᏓᏅᎦᎸᏓ ᎠᏓᏅᏙ ᎥᎿᎢ.

Text and image © 2019 by Donald C. Traxler.