He Is Older than Old / ᎠᏨᏯᎢ ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᎠᎦᏴᎵᎨ ᏏᏅ ᎠᎦᏴᎵ

He is older than old,
but younger than youth,
afraid of neither,
and beyond both.

ᎠᏨᏯᎢ ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᎠᎦᏴᎵᎨ ᏏᏅ ᎠᎦᏴᎵ,
ᎠᏎᏃ ᎠᏲᎵᎨ ᏏᏅ ᎠᏚᏍᎩ,
ᎠᏍᎦᎢᎲ ᎥᏝ ᎥᎿᎢ,
ᎠᎴ ᎤᏗᏗᏢ ᎢᎬᎳ.

Text and image © 2019 by Donald C. Traxler.